[Bug 556147] Re: vnc4server fails to start; Xvnc4 no longer recognizes -extension argument

[Eduard Iten]

@Dave
Both of these options are unknown to my Vnc4 version ( 4.1.1+xorg4.3.0-37ubuntu1). Both result in an unknown option error when trying to launch via vnc4server.
Regards, Edi

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vnc4server fails to start; Xvnc4 no longer recognizes -extension argument
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Status in “vnc4” package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed

Bug description:
Trying to start vnc4server via "vnc4server -geometry 1400x990 :1" fails always; the .vnc/$HOST:1.log leads off with

  Unrecognized option: -extension

Doing an strace on the vnc4server binary shows that it's trying to execute Xvnc4 like so:

  Xvnc4 :1 -desktop "denisovich:1 (steve)" -auth /home/steve/.Xauthority -geometry "1400x990" -depth 16 -rfbwait 30000 -rfbauth /home/steve/.vnc/passwd -rfbport 5901 -pn -extension XFIXES -fp "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/,/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1/,/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/,/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/" -co /etc/X11/rgb

but that Xvnc4 no longer recognizes the -extension argument. This was working with vnc4 4.1.1+xorg1.0.2-0ubuntu7 in lucid.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: vnc4server 4.1.1+xorg4.3.0-37ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-19.28-server 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-19-server x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Apr  5 17:43:02 2010
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=bash
SourcePackage: vnc4