Ubuntu
x11-xserver-utils package

[needs-packaging] lbxproxy

Bug #102018 reported by Joshua Kugler
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x11-xserver-utils (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Wishlist
tarundsk

Bug Description

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg

lbxproxy is no longer in Ubuntu, disappearing after being in Hoary. The X extension is still in libxext6, but the package for the command line program is not in there. I'd like to see it added back in.

Sources: http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/x11/xserver-xorg

It needs packaging because it would serve well in low bandwidth/high latency situations (X over SSH, etc).

Michael Bienia (geser)
Changed in xorg:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote :

Is it still part of the source or has it moved to a new tarball?

Changed in xorg:
assignee: nobody → ubuntu-x-swat
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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Joshua Kugler (jkugler) wrote :

It is available here: http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/X11R7.2/src/app/lbxproxy-X11R7.0-1.0.1.tar.bz2

That is the proxy program itself. The extension to enable it server-side still resides in the server code, and according to http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/libs/libxext6, it is still enabled (that is, libxext6 includes the lbx extension).

Bryce Harrington (bryce)
Changed in xorg:
status: Needs Info → Unconfirmed
Daniel Holbach (dholbach)
Changed in xorg:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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littlemike (fletchermichael) wrote :

Can this be escalated to High priority? "lbxproxy" is a fairly ubiquitous utility distributed with X servers and the LBX extension compiled into the server ("libXext6") is pretty much useless without it. I use it on RedHat and Fedora Core distributions (and other Unix machines) and, after switching some machines to Ubuntu Feisty, was sadly astonished to find it's not there!!! It is a necessity for any reasonable real-time use of remote X clients across a low-to-medium bandwidth and/or high latency connection. It's commonly used for X over an ssh tunnel to remote machines -- which is my case. Thanks!

P.S. I always thought of Debian/Ubuntu as the ultimate distribution for completeness and thoroughness -- please don't let me down :)

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Nick_Hill (nick-nickhill) wrote :

I agree LBX is integral to the X11 suite, and should be available on all good distribution package managers.

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Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote :

That probably deserves to be in x11-xserver-utils.

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nwf (nwfilardo+ubuntu) wrote :

Apparently LBX has been dropped upstream (XOrg 7.2).

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Joshua Kugler (jkugler) wrote :

It does not seem to have been dropped. The app is still available here:

http://ftp.x.org/pub/X11R7.3/src/app/lbxproxy-1.0.1.tar.bz2

LBX Util (which appears to be the extention) here:

http://ftp.x.org/pub/X11R7.3/src/lib/liblbxutil-1.0.1.tar.bz2

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Joshua Kugler (jkugler) wrote :

Sorry, not sure what LBX util is, but XLbx.c is still a pat of http://ftp.x.org/pub/X11R7.3/src/everything/libXext-1.0.2.tar.bz2 so it is very much a part of the source.

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

Could someone put together a debdiff to propose for adding it to x11-xserver-utils?

Changed in x11-xserver-utils:
assignee: ubuntu-x-swat → nobody
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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Nick Austin (nick-smartaustin) wrote :

I would like to vote for this issue.

If nobody else is going to do this, I'll see if I can figure out how to package this.

Thanks!

Fred (eldmannen+launchpad)
summary: - [Needs-packaging] lbxproxy
+ [needs-packaging] lbxproxy
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tarundsk (tarundsk) wrote :

I am new to packaging but I will give it a try

Changed in x11-xserver-utils (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → tarundsk (tarundsk)
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dino99 (9d9) wrote :

abandonware

Changed in x11-xserver-utils (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Incomplete
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Joshua Kugler (jkugler) wrote :

It seems LBX proxy was finally removed from the X source, mainly because there are better ways to do it. :) See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Bandwidth_X

Changed in x11-xserver-utils (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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