So I'm new to AMD64 and was surprised by the lack of VNC support for this platform. Its been a while since I've hacked ports (like more years than I have fingers on one hand), but I figured it couldn't be that hard to fix up one of the VNC ports and submit my work back.
Boy was I wrong. I did get something to build and work, but my solution is not port worthy. Given my inexperience with the current ports system and the X11 build, is there anyone here I can team up with to develop a proper solution? Here's what I ended up doing to the vnc port: o Disable XFree86 4.3 fetches and replace with Xorg 6.9.0. o Apply all FreeBSD server and library patches for Xorg. o Correct vnc's supplied patch file to be compatible with the Xorg distribution (some hunks have already been applied). o Add -fPIC to the build of vnc components linked as libraries (required for AMD64 support). o Modify cf files to disable server extensions that require xf86 config and hw support inappropriate for a virtual Xserver like Xvnc. o Manually build libdamage which was referenced by the link of Xvnc, but not built for some reason. Since there are several ports that require a "ports system patched" version of an Xorg or XFree86 source tree, can we come up with a better solution than to extract the source and either include or reference all the patches to be applied in each port? I disabled extensions until all undefined references were removed from the link of Xvnc. While the resulting binary works as best I can tell, it may not be optimal. Someone with more Xserver experience would be a big help here. Anyway, I think that vnc is a critical piece of infrastructure for many types of server installations. I'd hate to see others burn a good half day or more trying to get vnc to work on their server. What can I do to further the cause of getting the port fixed? Thanks, Justin _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
