[issue877] automatically vnc connection to a listening vnc client (like vnc ... --connect ip:port)

[Alexander Wirt]

New submission from Alexander Wirt <formorer at formorer.de>:

Here is a first patch from me (untested) against grml-autoconfig and grml-etc 

diff --git a/autoconfig.functions b/autoconfig.functions
index 0b9d51d..fb45924 100755
--- a/autoconfig.functions
+++ b/autoconfig.functions
@@ -1506,6 +1506,7 @@ if checkbootparam 'vnc' ; then
    fi
    eoutdent
 
+
    # finally check if we have a password we can use:
    if [ -n "$VNC_PASSWD" ] ; then
 
@@ -1520,6 +1521,15 @@ if checkbootparam 'vnc' ; then
          /bin/chown -R "$USER": "$VNCDIR"
       fi
    fi
+   if checkbootparam 'vnc_connect' ; then
+      VNC_CONNECT=''
+      VNC_CONNECT="$(getbootparam 'vnc_connect' 2>>$DEBUG)"
+      einfo "Bootoption vnc_connect found, will start vnc with connect to
$VNC_CONNECT."
+      #store the options in a file
+      VNCDIR="/home/${USER}/.vnc"
+      [ -d "$VNCDIR" ] || mkdir "$VNCDIR"
+      echo " --connect $VNC_CONNECT " >> $VNCDIR/options 
+   fi
 fi
 }
 # }}}


diff --git a/etc/skel/.xinitrc.d/grml_vnc b/etc/skel/.xinitrc.d/grml_vnc
index eff5a40..2606020 100755
--- a/etc/skel/.xinitrc.d/grml_vnc
+++ b/etc/skel/.xinitrc.d/grml_vnc
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ fi
 
 # if the vnc bootoption sets up the password let's start the vnc server
 if [ -e $HOME/.vnc/passwd ]; then
+   test -f $HOME/.vnc/options && OPTIONS=$(cat $HOME/.vnc/options) 
+
    /usr/bin/x11vnc -bg -forever -noxdamage -o $HOME/.vnc/x11vnc.log -rfbauth \
-                   $HOME/.vnc/passwd -auth $HOME/.Xauthority -display $DISPLAY
+                   $HOME/.vnc/passwd -auth $HOME/.Xauthority -display $DISPLAY
$OPTIONS
 fi
 
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assignedto: formorer
messages: 3261
nosy: formorer, technikfreak
priority: feature
status: chatting
title: automatically vnc connection to a listening vnc client (like vnc ... --connect ip:port)
topic: grml-autoconfig

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