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Title: Amule Without Xfree --->HELP WANTED
Post by: sensei73 on April 04, 2004, 11:30:00 PM

I've seen on this forum some script about running amule without xfree but the tread was in german... Could some help me and a lot of people who want to switch from mldonkey to amule by making an tutorial about running amule without xfree! Thanks in  Advance!!

Title: Use VNC
Post by: ovy on April 08, 2004, 04:19:21 AM

I assume you're trying to have aMule running on your server and connect to it from a desktop which you're turning on and off -- but you want to leave aMule running. Well, if there's one shortcoming in X remoting, this is it.

You can use VNC to accomplish this nicely. You still need XFree installed for the client libs, but you don't need a server running. Just run a vnc server like this:

vncserver :1 -geometry 1024x768

, it will launch with your default X session, change $HOME/.vnc/xstartup if you wanna do some things differently. Then connect from your desktop box to e.g. server:1, and that's it. You can find vnc servers and clients in your distribution or from realvnc (search Google).

Title: Re: Amule Without Xfree --->HELP WANTED
Post by: siTe on April 08, 2004, 05:24:52 AM

Noone can call themselve a geek unless they use SSH and an occasional VNC :D

Title: Re: Amule Without Xfree --->HELP WANTED
Post by: niet on April 08, 2004, 12:51:48 PM

did anyone try running amule via xvfb - virtual framebuffer X server ?

Title: Re: Amule Without Xfree --->HELP WANTED
Post by: ovy on April 08, 2004, 04:20:50 PM

siTe: definitely :)

greebo: I don't think there's a way to access an xvfb server afterwards (ie, see and interact with the console), though I might be wrong

Title: Re: Amule Without Xfree --->HELP WANTED
Post by: niet on April 08, 2004, 08:12:44 PM

#! /bin/sh
# /etc/init.d/xvfb:
.....
echo -n "Starting xvfb "
start-stop-daemon

--start --quiet --pidfile /var/run/xvfb.pid -m -b --exec                                                                                                                          
/usr/bin/X11/Xvfb -- -shmem -nolisten tcp -screen 0 640x480x8 :0
....

should do the trick.......

Title: Re: Amule Without Xfree --->HELP WANTED
Post by: ovy on April 08, 2004, 11:54:58 PM

And how do you connect afterwards? to do searches, etc?

Title: Re: Amule Without Xfree --->HELP WANTED
Post by: sensei73 on April 09, 2004, 11:32:41 AM

with webserver :D

i will wrute a tut about how to connect to amule via vnc

Title: Re: Amule Without Xfree --->HELP WANTED
Post by: Jacobo221 on July 20, 2004, 01:43:34 AM

Core/GUI split is now work in progress.
Meanwhile, the Xvfb walkaround is explained in detail at http://www.amule.org/wiki/index.php/FAQ_aMule section Is_there_any_way_to_start_aMule_with_no_graphical_interface?
VNC tutorial is still missing, so sensei73 or whoever is interested, you are wellcome to write one ;-)
Greetings!