Hi Allen Thanks for the details. Now I understand the problem. I was not aware that you could specify the password file from the client.
The interesting thing is that tightvncpasswd was actually part of a common package 4-5 years ago (or something like that). I just have to revert back to that state. Best regards, // Ola On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 01:18:10PM -0700, Allen Morris wrote: > I am running : > > xtightvncviewer -bgr233 -passwd /home/gam3/.vnc/tripower 72.1x.244.xxx:xx > > For this to work /home/gam3/.vnc/tripower needs to be a vncpasswd generated > file. So either I have to donwload the file from the server or have > to install the > tightvncserver package. > > It would seem to me that it would be better to have vncpasswd in a a > tightvnccommon package. > > I agree that this is a very small problem, but installing > tightvncserver creating the password file and then removing > tightvncserver is not handy for those of us only using the viewer and > with limited space. > > Allen Morris > > On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Ola Lundqvist <o...@debian.org> wrote: > > Hi > > > > Could you please ellaborate some more about this bug please? > > > > // Ola > > > > On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 10:52:49AM -0700, G. Allen Morris III wrote: > >> Package: tightvncserver > >> Version: 1.3.9-4 > >> Severity: minor > >> > >> > >> > >> -- System Information: > >> Debian Release: 5.0.3 > >> APT prefers stable > >> APT policy: (500, 'stable') > >> Architecture: i386 (i686) > >> > >> Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) > >> Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) > >> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > >> > >> Versions of packages tightvncserver depends on: > >> ii libc6 2.7-18lenny4 GNU C Library: Shared > >> libraries > >> ii libjpeg62 6b-14 The Independent JPEG Group's > >> JPEG > >> ii libx11-6 2:1.1.5-2 X11 client-side library > >> ii libxext6 2:1.0.4-2 X11 miscellaneous extension > >> librar > >> ii perl 5.10.0-19lenny2 Larry Wall's Practical > >> Extraction > >> ii x11-common 1:7.3.1 X Window System (X.Org) > >> infrastruc > >> ii xbase-clients 1:7.3.1 miscellaneous X clients - > >> metapack > >> ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime > >> > >> Versions of packages tightvncserver recommends: > >> ii xfonts-base 1:1.0.0-5 standard fonts for X > >> > >> Versions of packages tightvncserver suggests: > >> pn tightvnc-java <none> (no description available) > >> > >> -- no debconf information > >> > >> > >> > > > > -- > > --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- > > / o...@debian.org Annebergsslingan 37 \ > > | ...@inguza.com 654 65 KARLSTAD | > > | http://inguza.com/ +46 (0)70-332 1551 | > > \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- --- Inguza Technology AB --- MSc in Information Technology ---- / o...@inguza.com Annebergsslingan 37 \ | o...@debian.org 654 65 KARLSTAD | | http://inguza.com/ Mobile: +46 (0)70-332 1551 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / --------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
