fvwmorg/fvwm3

Unable to initialize RandR

tylertucker202 opened this issue · 4 comments

tylertucker202 commented

  • Fvwm3 version 1.0.4 (released)

  • Linux distribution or BSD name/version Ubuntu 20.04

  • Platform Linux x86_64

Expected Behaviour

Running fvwm3 -r should start fvwm3

Actual Behaviour

When I run fvwm3 -r in a vnc session, nothing happens and I get the message 'Unable to initialize RandR'

Logs display FscreenInit: RandR not present

I am able to run other WM (fvwm2 and awesome)

Thanks for your help. Please let me know if I am missing anything useful.

ThomasAdam commented

Which VNC Server are you using? It will need to support RandR.

tylertucker202 commented

That is an excellent point. I'm using tightvnc. Would something like TigerVNC be better?

ThomasAdam commented

Hey @tylertucker202

Yes, I think so. According to what little googling I've done, TigerVNC appears to support RandR.

tylertucker202 commented

@ThomasAdam I am happy to report that fvwm3 is running successfully. Thank you for your help! This issue can now be closed.