WARNING!!! WARNING!!! WARNING!!!
I did exactly as recommended here
http://www.knoppmythwiki.org/index.php?page=x11vncHowTo
on R5B7 and it totally trashed my system. Why? because I didn't scroll down a few pages where an addendum sat warning you of this with a workaround thus (that I have tested and deffo works):-
Code:
For R5B7, the default apt configuration will install the unstable version of x11vnc, which requires updates of xserver-xorg. These updates broke the X configuration on my machine. A simple workaround is to install the stable version of x11vnc:
1. nano /etc/apt/sources.list
change "unstable" on the first line to "stable", save the file
2. apt-get update
3. apt-get install x11vnc
4. return apt configuration to its previous state:
nano /etc/apt/sources.list
change "stable" on the first line back to "unstable", save the file
apt-get update
1. nano /etc/apt/sources.list
change "unstable" on the first line to "stable", save the file
2. apt-get update
3. apt-get install x11vnc
4. return apt configuration to its previous state:
nano /etc/apt/sources.list
change "stable" on the first line back to "unstable", save the file
apt-get update
For the curious if you DO NOT follow the above instructions the regular debian-unstable vnc install will attempt to update 100+ packages including xserver-xorg. It will deinstall your current x server and myth add-ons, you will panic and feel very sad, so don't do it. I have subsequently reinstalled myth R5B7 and created a script to do a lot of my personal alterations so in future I should hopefully be able to recreate my system in 2 hours from scratch. It's like practicing rifle stripping ala jarhead
. I also plan to clone my drive once all is working as I did before, so if I ever trash it (very easy it seems) I will be OK.