Comment 48 for bug 78282

Finally I got the bloody vnc4server working. What Roberto Faroline said on 2007-04-25 DID WORK. They should at least assign someone to fix it (I was about to install fedora :-o).

Anyway, this is what I did to make it work:

Modify the file /etc/xinetd.d/Xvnc, by adding at the end of the server_args line this:

           -extension XFIXES

The whole Xvnc file under /etc/xinetd.d should look like this:

service Xvnc
{
        type = UNLISTED
        disable = no
        socket_type = stream
        protocol = tcp
        wait = yes
        user = root
        server = /usr/bin/Xvnc
        server_args = -inetd :1 -query localhost -geometry 1280x800 -depth 16 -f
p /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc -DisconnectClients=0 -NeverShared passwordFile=/root
/.vncpasswd -extension XFIXES
        port = 5901
}

Take a look at this excelent link:
http://grumpymole.blogspot.com/2007/04/workaround-for-vnc4server-end-of-stream.html

Cheers