What is the oldest Linux kernel supported by VNC?

[Gregg Levine]

Hello!
I have an interesting problem. I'm in the process of assembling an
embedded system for running something unique. The problem is that the
hardware for it was never tested with any Linux kernel past the
2.2.x.x series.

I've managed to get the programs behind 4-1-3 to build and install
there. And every time I start a session and then try to get a
connection to it via one of the clients I have of the same period I
get disconnected or it says connection refused. Now I freely admit it
might be a firewall sort of issue on the target, but I never bothered
to configure one.

The same clients do connect to my Solaris box here who's running
software from about the same time period.

Did anyone ever test 4-1-3 on any system running a 2.2.18 kernel? (The
system is running Slackware Linux, but any of the others will
suffice.)
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[Corne Beerse]

AS far as I know, vnc on unix does not rely on any kernel stuff.
Depending on the configuration, the vnc functionallity can be hooked,
linked or build into the window manager software or the display manager
software.

In the beginning, there has always been the binary 'xvnc' which is a
display-server as such. It can be used roughly everywhere where a
hardware-connected X11 binary is used. It provides an X.11 server
without hardware connection. It does not give a remove view on the
console but it does give a complete graphical environment running on the
remote machine which you can access using your vncviewer application.

Post by Gregg Levine
Hello!
I have an interesting problem. I'm in the process of assembling an
embedded system for running something unique. The problem is that the
hardware for it was never tested with any Linux kernel past the
2.2.x.x series.
I've managed to get the programs behind 4-1-3 to build and install
there. And every time I start a session and then try to get a
connection to it via one of the clients I have of the same period I
get disconnected or it says connection refused. Now I freely admit it
might be a firewall sort of issue on the target, but I never bothered
to configure one.
The same clients do connect to my Solaris box here who's running
software from about the same time period.
Did anyone ever test 4-1-3 on any system running a 2.2.18 kernel? (The
system is running Slackware Linux, but any of the others will
suffice.)
-----
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[Abhishek Salvi]

How to install rpm on solaris sparc 64 bit?

Thanks and Regards,
Abhishek Salvi

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Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 3:17 PM
To: vnc-***@realvnc.com
Subject: Re: What is the oldest Linux kernel supported by VNC?

AS far as I know, vnc on unix does not rely on any kernel stuff.
Depending on the configuration, the vnc functionallity can be hooked, linked or build into the window manager software or the display manager software.

In the beginning, there has always been the binary 'xvnc' which is a display-server as such. It can be used roughly everywhere where a hardware-connected X11 binary is used. It provides an X.11 server without hardware connection. It does not give a remove view on the console but it does give a complete graphical environment running on the remote machine which you can access using your vncviewer application.

Post by Gregg Levine
Hello!
I have an interesting problem. I'm in the process of assembling an
embedded system for running something unique. The problem is that the
hardware for it was never tested with any Linux kernel past the
2.2.x.x series.
I've managed to get the programs behind 4-1-3 to build and install
there. And every time I start a session and then try to get a
connection to it via one of the clients I have of the same period I
get disconnected or it says connection refused. Now I freely admit it
might be a firewall sort of issue on the target, but I never bothered
to configure one.
The same clients do connect to my Solaris box here who's running
software from about the same time period.
Did anyone ever test 4-1-3 on any system running a 2.2.18 kernel? (The
system is running Slackware Linux, but any of the others will
suffice.)
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[Gregg Levine]

Hello!
As it happens you don't. The RPM is for Linux. Which isn't on SPARC,
although there's a rarely used distribution for SPARC.

There's a PKG or similar file for the Solaris on SPARC, use that.
There should also be a Tar file in the same format. Or for that OS.


However depending on the release of Solaris, you should be able to
find a built release of VNC for SPARC that's included with the
collection of the OS. I did that for my system who's running the
release from 2005.
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On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 6:16 AM, Abhishek Salvi

Post by Abhishek Salvi
How to install rpm on solaris sparc 64 bit?
Thanks and Regards,
Abhishek Salvi
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Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: What is the oldest Linux kernel supported by VNC?
AS far as I know, vnc on unix does not rely on any kernel stuff.
Depending on the configuration, the vnc functionallity can be hooked, linked or build into the window manager software or the display manager software.
In the beginning, there has always been the binary 'xvnc' which is a display-server as such. It can be used roughly everywhere where a hardware-connected X11 binary is used. It provides an X.11 server without hardware connection. It does not give a remove view on the console but it does give a complete graphical environment running on the remote machine which you can access using your vncviewer application.

Post by Gregg Levine
Hello!
I have an interesting problem. I'm in the process of assembling an
embedded system for running something unique. The problem is that the
hardware for it was never tested with any Linux kernel past the
2.2.x.x series.
I've managed to get the programs behind 4-1-3 to build and install
there. And every time I start a session and then try to get a
connection to it via one of the clients I have of the same period I
get disconnected or it says connection refused. Now I freely admit it
might be a firewall sort of issue on the target, but I never bothered
to configure one.
The same clients do connect to my Solaris box here who's running
software from about the same time period.
Did anyone ever test 4-1-3 on any system running a 2.2.18 kernel? (The
system is running Slackware Linux, but any of the others will
suffice.)
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[Gregg Levine]

Hello!
That makes better sense thanks. While waiting for the list, I had an
inspired guess last night and found the 3.3.7 release for Linux via
Google, and downloaded both the Tar file containing the easy
distribution method for everything there. And the source code one
there as well.

The interesting problem is that I still don't know why the ones for
4.1.3 which I built on the same system didn't connect to the client
here.

I still have other issues concerning what to do with this improbable
project but thank you Corne Beerse, next time you're visiting NYC I
owe you a meal at the best deli in NYC.
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"This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."

AS far as I know, vnc on unix does not rely on any kernel stuff. Depending
on the configuration, the vnc functionallity can be hooked, linked or build
into the window manager software or the display manager software.
In the beginning, there has always been the binary 'xvnc' which is a
display-server as such. It can be used roughly everywhere where a
hardware-connected X11 binary is used. It provides an X.11 server without
hardware connection. It does not give a remove view on the console but it
does give a complete graphical environment running on the remote machine
which you can access using your vncviewer application.

Post by Gregg Levine
Hello!
I have an interesting problem. I'm in the process of assembling an
embedded system for running something unique. The problem is that the
hardware for it was never tested with any Linux kernel past the
2.2.x.x series.
I've managed to get the programs behind 4-1-3 to build and install
there. And every time I start a session and then try to get a
connection to it via one of the clients I have of the same period I
get disconnected or it says connection refused. Now I freely admit it
might be a firewall sort of issue on the target, but I never bothered
to configure one.
The same clients do connect to my Solaris box here who's running
software from about the same time period.
Did anyone ever test 4-1-3 on any system running a 2.2.18 kernel? (The
system is running Slackware Linux, but any of the others will
suffice.)
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