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sensei73

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Amule Without Xfree --->HELP WANTED
« 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!!
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Use VNC
« Reply #1 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).
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Re: Amule Without Xfree --->HELP WANTED
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2004, 05:24:52 AM »
Noone can call themselve a geek unless they use SSH and an occasional VNC :D
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Re: Amule Without Xfree --->HELP WANTED
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2004, 12:51:48 PM »
did anyone try running amule via xvfb - virtual framebuffer X server ?
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Re: Amule Without Xfree --->HELP WANTED
« Reply #4 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
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Re: Amule Without Xfree --->HELP WANTED
« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2004, 08:12:44 PM »
#! /bin/sh
# /etc/init.d/xvfb:
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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.......
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Re: Amule Without Xfree --->HELP WANTED
« Reply #6 on: April 08, 2004, 11:54:58 PM »
And how do you connect afterwards? to do searches, etc?
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Re: Amule Without Xfree --->HELP WANTED
« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2004, 11:32:41 AM »
with webserver :D

i will wrute a tut about how to connect to amule via vnc
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Re: Amule Without Xfree --->HELP WANTED
« Reply #8 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!
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