Windows 7 /vista support.

2011-01-14 Thread Alex Pelts
I guess RealVNC team completely dropped the ball on free edition of the software. No Vista or Win7 support with oses out for several years. It is a shame since RealVNC free is the most reliable software of them all. Alex ___ VNC-List mailing list

Re: Questions About RealVNC Personal Edition...

2009-12-17 Thread Alex Pelts
I have been using Enterprise Edition for several years and very happy with it. I have not used encryption but other than that it is an excellent product. Although I am still at 4.2.9 version since none of the new features interest me. You can answer most of your questions by downloading a trial

Re: Keep-alive script available

2009-09-27 Thread Alex Pelts
Or you can set timeout to 0 and server will not drop connection. Regards, Alex Philip Herlihy wrote: One of the most useful features of VNC is the facility to set up a reverse connection, initiated from the server to a listening client. Providing the router at the client end can be

Re: Keep-alive script available

2009-09-27 Thread Alex Pelts
...@realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Alex Pelts Sent: 27 September 2009 17:12 To: Philip Herlihy Cc: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: Re: Keep-alive script available Or you can set timeout to 0 and server will not drop connection. Regards, Alex Philip Herlihy wrote: One of the most useful features of VNC

Re: Problem can you help

2009-09-22 Thread Alex Pelts
If nothing else helps read the manual. It works for Tim Allen and it should work for you. Regards, Alex Jim Brown wrote: Hi jnoble06, Problem One connect and works fine when 2nd conects it drop the first one? On your Server you will see the VNC server ICON in the taskbar.

Re: Problem can you help

2009-09-22 Thread Alex Pelts
To: 'Glen Tupling'; 'Alex Pelts'; jnobl...@comcast.net Cc: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: RE: Problem can you help There's a manual? Cool! Where? This is for windows Mr. Sarcastic. Er, http://realvnc.com/support/documentation.html? (that's for Windows, Mac, Linux...) (or am I

Re: Settings Changing by Themselves

2009-09-17 Thread Alex Pelts
How about someone hacking that machine and changing settings? Steven Orlando wrote: Hello All! I have the RealVNC Free Edition, the latest version. It works, but it seems like sometimes I can't connect from my home to one of the computers. When I go to that computer and click on the VNC

Re: XP crashes

2009-09-10 Thread Alex Pelts
Check event log for clues. Regards, Alex Yigal wrote: Hi I have been working with RealVNC for a long time. I use the viewer on my XP machine, to control Linux Ubuntu on the other end. The Ubuntu have it's own built-in server. Starting yesterday, my XP hung up and needed to be

Re: Issue logging onto VNC Server

2009-08-26 Thread Alex Pelts
You are not running any wm. The screen you are seeing is a vncconfig screen. tosh D wrote: Hi all, I have installed the VNC server on my Linux box. I am trying to access this from my windows box with VNC Viewer. I am able to login with password, but I get a grey screen with only 3

Re: Security levels

2009-08-26 Thread Alex Pelts
Yes you can. There are 2 extra modes in EE vnc - windows auth and 2 passwords - view only and full control. In windows auth you can setup detailed security per user. Byers, Mike wrote: I have been using the free version of VNC for home use for years. I have been very pleased with it. I am

Re: Multi-users

2009-08-26 Thread Alex Pelts
Same in linux. In linux though you can run multiple vnc servers and get as many users as memory permits. Regards, Alex Claudio Coletta wrote: Not in Windows, only in Linux. Bye, Claudio. Multiple people can view a single PC but VNC has never provided multiple independent

Re: Remote terminal

2009-08-20 Thread Alex Pelts
There is also various ARM options. You can get an arm computer which is small and efficient. IMHO you would have trouble with software and be better off picking up a used laptop from DELL. For ~$300 you can get laptop that would serve your purpose. Brian M. Godfrey wrote: All the technology I

Re: qemu/kvm virtualization support

2009-08-19 Thread Alex Pelts
I found that behavior of the client with vmware if you select wrong encoding or let it auto select. Try force selecting encoding supported by your server. Regards, Alex Farhan Yousaf wrote: James, Err... I wanted to correct my last email... The problem is not connection refused but rather

Re: Remote terminal

2009-08-19 Thread Alex Pelts
wyse makes some terminals like this but I think they are expensive. Brian M. Godfrey wrote: Hi, I'd like a small piece of hardware which would have two USB ports for keyboard and mouse, one video port, power connector and wireless. The purpose would be to create a terminal in a back room

Re: Windows Vista / Windows 7

2009-07-27 Thread Alex Pelts
That you can figure out pretty easy - your service should be running and firewall should allow connection. There is plenty of information on configuring RD on the net. Regards, Alex John Aldrich wrote: On Sunday 26 July 2009, Alex Pelts wrote: I know this is off topic, but can't you use

Re: Windows Vista / Windows 7

2009-07-26 Thread Alex Pelts
I know this is off topic, but can't you use remote desktop on windows? There are rdp linux clients. I was a loyal customer of vnc on windows until about v4.2.9. After that they started adding useless features like chat to it and bloating the server size. Also free version is hopelessly stagnated

Re: VNC server/viewer problem

2009-07-23 Thread Alex Pelts
After connection is closed do netstat and see if server is still running. Or maybe ps. I think your server is exiting for some reason. You can look at the logs which it saves, your clue is likely to be there. And I think you mean 8.04 not 4.08. Regards, Alex Jay Ridgley wrote: Hi Y'all, I am

Re: VNC server/viewer problem

2009-07-23 Thread Alex Pelts
are correct I did mean 8.04. Regards, Jay Alex Pelts wrote: After connection is closed do netstat and see if server is still running. Or maybe ps. I think your server is exiting for some reason. You can look at the logs which it saves, your clue is likely to be there. And I think you mean 8.04

Re: VNC server/viewer problem

2009-07-23 Thread Alex Pelts
Viewer Which makes the connection and starts things up. I have currently installed GNOME Remote Desktop Viewer 0.5.1 which states that Vinagre is a VNC Client for the GNOME Desktop. It is when I try to connect to the server that I get the error I have mentioned. Regards, Jay Alex Pelts

Re: libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3

2009-06-29 Thread Alex Pelts
You have no fonts installed. It seems like your X installation is incomplete or broken. VNC is a regular X server and needs all that X server may need. If you want an easy way out I suggest you install X then add VNC. Otherwise it is picking packages one by one. Regards, Alex MrOrange wrote:

Re: libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3

2009-06-29 Thread Alex Pelts
You can specify font path on vnc server command line like this : vncserver -nohttpd -depth 8 -geometry 1280x972 -fp \ /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,\ /usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont,\ /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu,\

Re: How to prevent colour level from going up?

2009-03-18 Thread Alex Pelts
the connection is low-bandwidth. Regards, -- Wez @ RealVNC Ltd -Original Message- From: vnc-list-ad...@realvnc.com [mailto:vnc-list-ad...@realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Alex Pelts Sent: 17 March 2009 21:28 To: Seak, Teng-Fong Cc: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: Re: How to prevent colour

Re: How to prevent colour level from going up?

2009-03-17 Thread Alex Pelts
You need to uncheck Auto Select checkbox for encoding and select encoding. Then color level will stop changing. I think this is bug in vnc viewer but it is consistent across all viewers - free to EE. Regards, Alex Seak, Teng-Fong wrote: I just don't understand: in my VNC file it's

Re: Using VNC Viewer without typing password each time

2009-02-17 Thread Alex Pelts
You can store connection settings including password in the config file. Look at save tab in configuration dialog. Regards, Alex Kapil Mali wrote: Is it possible that I store password somewhere in VNC Viwer or somewhere else so that I dono't have to type password each time. Waiting for your

Re: Expanding the 'drop down list'.

2008-12-22 Thread Alex Pelts
Just create bunch of vnc connection files and invoke vnc by double clicking on one. Regards, Alex Bill Taylor wrote: Hello, Is there a way to increase the number of 'remembered' servers/ip addresses in the drop down list? I believe is it limited to 11, and I have a need for more

Re: Tabbed view option

2008-05-05 Thread Alex Pelts
I second that request! I used to pay for EE edition until recently but stopped since no new features are useful to me. Who needs file transfer when you already in the machine? You can always use windows networking, nfs or ftp. But this is the feature that would make me pay again. Tab at the

Re: windows xp service pack 2

2008-03-14 Thread Alex Pelts
You can connect multiple users but all of them will see the same screens. It is good for demo or teaching. To enable this select Always treat new connections as shared in the server options. Alex Anthony Watson wrote: I thought that VNC would allow me to bypass the terminal services

Re: Vnc Viewer 4.1 - Connection refused

2008-02-27 Thread Alex Pelts
Most likely firewall problem unless they are on the different networks. Then it is probably ports blocked by a router. Alex Dave wrote: I have Vnc 4.1 running on Windows XP Both the desktop Laptop tops have identical Servers And Viewers I can view the laptop from my Desktop with no problem

Re: unable to open dispaly error from vncviewer

2008-02-12 Thread Alex Pelts
Most likely X server is running on screen other than 0 and viewer is trying to connect to screen 0. Alex PARESH MASANI wrote: Hi, When i tried to connect my existing session from unix side vncviewer. It has shown following error message and vncviewer didnt start. Could anyone help me on this.

Re: How to specify the resoultion to start vnc session..

2008-02-11 Thread Alex Pelts
vncserver -depth 8 -geometry 1264x960 Depth will specify server bitdepth and geometry - resolution. Alex PARESH MASANI wrote: Hi, Could anyone tell me how to specify the resolution if I want to start vnc session using vncserver script. Thanks, Paresh Why delete messages? Unlimited

Re: can't resume remote access

2008-02-11 Thread Alex Pelts
There is not enough information in your email. The error indicates that computer ether unreachable or vnc server is not running. One simple way would be to do reverse vnc connection: On your machine run listening viewer. Make sure to open all needed ports. Tell your sister to run vnc server and

Re: vnc audio

2008-02-01 Thread Alex Pelts
Use vlc. publications wrote: how can i get audio from the server computer to play on my computer ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list

Re: Difference between vnc server and X11 ports

2008-01-24 Thread Alex Pelts
How about you read your answers here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VNC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X11 Regards, Alex PARESH MASANI wrote: Hi, I found that there are 5900 to 5999 ports allocated to vnc server and 6000+ ports allocated to x11. Could anyone please tell me what is the

Re: server name vrs IP address

2008-01-17 Thread Alex Pelts
VNC does not have any naming. It would use DNS or WINS(on windows) to resolve IP address in to name. You need to make sure that IP addresses resolve to names by specifying DNS or WINS server and making sure that you can contact it. Regards, Alex Nelson, Daniel C. wrote: I've renamed my IBM

Re: removing icon

2007-09-30 Thread Alex Pelts
I think this needs to be first question in FAQ on vnc website. The answer is no. Regards, Alex Andrew Meyer wrote: Is there a way to remove the vnc icon from the task bar? ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the

Re: Block remote input on local activity option in RealVNC

2007-08-19 Thread Alex Pelts
You can change settings on the server not to accept inputs from remote clients but that is about it. You can use something like autoit to make a script that does this and also re-enables the inputs. Alex j t wrote: Hi all. I have a question regarding the RealVNC server (I'm currently using

Re: XP Black screen Fix

2007-08-15 Thread Alex Pelts
If you are connecting through vpn, your vpn mtu is too large. This is common problem. VNC appears to be sensitive to the packet loss more than say a browser. Somehow you have large packet loss on this connection. Alex Fionn 101 wrote: Hi All, I have been having a lot of black screen

Re: Run VNC on Power Up

2007-08-10 Thread Alex Pelts
Run it in a service mode: go to vnc server (service mode ) and select register as a service. It is well described in the document. Alex Stan Rackley wrote: Can anyone help me configure VNC so that it runs automatically when I power up my pc? Stan Rackley

Re: vncviewer fullscreen problem in Linux/Unix client

2007-06-27 Thread Alex Pelts
I dont know if there is a bug but this is very old version of vnc so even if there is a bug no one will fix it. You can probably upgrade to the latest and see if that works. Alex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm running vncviewer v3.3.7 under Ubuntu Linux. I use the -fullscreen

Re: VNC.exe disappears

2007-06-20 Thread Alex Pelts
This appears to be some sort of trojan behavior. Normal vnc does not do this. Mark Mazzitello wrote: James - I came across this discussion thread while searching for info related to this issue. I signed up for the discussion list but I could not figure out how to continue or add to an

Re: silent install.

2007-06-19 Thread Alex Pelts
Try this tool: http://www.realvnc.com/products/vnctool/ Alex Federico chaves wrote: Hi everyone, Is there a way to make a silent instalation of the VNC entreprise edition 4.2.9? is there a way to make that this instalation have all the configuration option i need? Thnaks for

Re: VNCServer configuration

2007-06-18 Thread Alex Pelts
mulitple users, each user won't know the port to use when logging in. also, how do you setup vncserver to use the underlying system user/passwd... thanks -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alex Pelts Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 8:26 PM To: bruce Cc

Re: VNCServer configuration

2007-06-18 Thread Alex Pelts
Of Alex Pelts Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 7:05 PM To: bruce Cc: 'Boger, Mike'; vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: Re: VNCServer configuration One can write web management front end that would start a server and publish its screen number. Or maybe you can run bunch of them and tell users which are free

Re: VNCServer configuration

2007-06-17 Thread Alex Pelts
Vnc does not work like this. You will need to run multiple instances of vnc server, which is X server. This will quickly bring performance of your host down. Vnc designed to access one instance of X server remotely it is nothing like a windows terminal server as far as user environment is

Re: Is there a way to know how many viewers are connected to the same vncserver?

2007-05-29 Thread Alex Pelts
The vnc ee shows every ip connected. Not sure about free version. Alex ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list

Re: Allow Multiple Passwords

2007-04-30 Thread Alex Pelts
That would be a useless patch so no one would do it. VNC has separate password management from os and anyone who logged in would be able to change the password. I would just make up some password and use it. That said, if you use vnc enterprise edition you can authenticate your sessions using

Re: VNC questions

2007-04-26 Thread Alex Pelts
1. Does VNC have an audit trail to log a VNC users remote control activity ? No. You can track login attempts but nothing else. 2. Can a VNC user disable the need for the receiving computer to have to allow the caller access. That is can the caller take remote control of a computer without

Re: screen slowww

2007-04-25 Thread Alex Pelts
If you use vpn check MTU settings. Make sure your VPN interface MTU is less than physical interface MTU. Just set it to 1300 to try it out. Regards, Alex dennis barton wrote: I have two machines on the same home network, connected thru a router. VNC free seems to work, but each screen

Re: Displaying Video over Windows VNC

2007-04-20 Thread Alex Pelts
Video is displayed on directx surface which is not picked up by free version of vnc. If you use personal/enterprise edition of vnc with mirror driver you will get video. IMHO, is it a bad idea, as it takes a lot of cpu/bandwidth. You will be better off using something like vlc to stream video

What happened with realvnc.com website?

2007-03-13 Thread Alex Pelts
I go there and get to some isp site which is half broken. Is anyone else experiences this? Regards, Alex ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list

Re: Protocol 3.8 vs 4.0

2007-03-05 Thread Alex Pelts
are interoperable. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex Pelts Sent: 05 March 2007 04:34 To: RealVNC List (E-mail) Subject: Protocol 3.8 vs 4.0 Hi, I compiled RealVNC 4.1.2 on FreeBSD 4.5 for my wife to use. I

Protocol 3.8 vs 4.0

2007-03-04 Thread Alex Pelts
Hi, I compiled RealVNC 4.1.2 on FreeBSD 4.5 for my wife to use. I noticed that when I connect to it viewer reports protocol 3.8. On the other hand when I connect to EE which I use for my work viewer reports protocol 4.0. What are the differences between these two versions? Is version 4.0

Re: VNC Setup

2007-02-12 Thread Alex Pelts
You don't neet to change VNC port if your router can forward any port to any other port (a lot of routers do). Just install vnc as usual and forward ports from the router to different ip addresses. 5900 - IP1:5900 5901 - IP2:5900 5902 - IP3:5900 etc. Alex Jeff Glaspie wrote: This is what I

Re: LZMA compression

2007-02-12 Thread Alex Pelts
Does vnc accumulate dictionary between frame updates? I would think not because you would not be able to join an existing session. Also things vnc compresses are mostly flat color surfaces which compress well with most any method. I found most slowness during vnc session on windows comes not

Re: LZMA compression

2007-02-12 Thread Alex Pelts
I did not know that single stream was maintained. How do new clients join the session? Is dictionary replicated when new client joins the session? Text compresses well because it is just black on white. Multicolored backgrounds do not but if you running vnc you should turn all of these off.

Re: my realvnc was hacked

2007-02-09 Thread Alex Pelts
1. Google for the exe files but most likely you will not get much. To remove them run antivirus package (Antivir is free and good). Before running it disable system restore in case the files are in windows directory. 2. Subscribe to vnc-announce-list to which this sort of information is

Re: mutliple user access of vncserver

2007-01-05 Thread Alex Pelts
There is no limit as far as I know. You just need to tick appropriate configuration option. When connecting in options misc tab select Shared Connection when second person is connecting. Or on the server in Sharing tab select Always treat as shared option. Alex Jimmy Jiang wrote: Hi, I

Re: VNC Enterprise Edition...

2006-12-11 Thread Alex Pelts
Both of these are possible. To do 1 you need to configure client list in the server access control. To do 2 you need to un-tick share files with clients check box in the inputs tab. Alex Binny John wrote: Dear James, We are using the VNC4 Enterprise Edition on 30 days trial basis, Which we

Re: Sound

2006-12-01 Thread Alex Pelts
Teamspeak. We use to play games and I believe it is free. You need to do some setup though. Alex d.randle wrote: I'm a newbie at vnc, but have deduced that vnc does not support sound in any (meaningful to me) way. I work in a school where vnc is used in the ict suite to enable teachers to

Re: VNC Help

2006-11-09 Thread Alex Pelts
Search trough archives of this list. This or similar to this problem was reported countless times. Your vnc server was exploited trough known security hole. Fix for this was posted over half year ago. Regards, Alex Craig Fitt wrote: Hi Guys If anyone can help it would be much appreciated.

Re: help about reading version failed: not an RFB server?

2006-11-03 Thread Alex Pelts
Under win xp you can run netstat -a -o. That will give you pid of process which owns each connection. From there you can run task manager and find out who opened that connection. On unix there is a similar facility although switches are different and you need to be root to do it. Regards,

Re: help about reading version failed: not an RFB server?

2006-11-03 Thread Alex Pelts
in the Task Manager quite strange isn't it?! On 11/3/06, *Alex Pelts* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Under win xp you can run netstat -a -o. That will give you pid of process which owns each connection. From there you can run task manager and find out who opened

Re: help about reading version failed: not an RFB server?

2006-11-03 Thread Alex Pelts
have been running X or other applications as a root and you allowed it to install, or run some unchecked binary. If this were my system I would *definitely* reinstall, after using shred on the partitions. Good luck. On Friday 03 November 2006 18:35, Alex Pelts wrote: This is possibly some

Re: Password Switch

2006-10-23 Thread Alex Pelts
You can save settings in the file and click on the file instead of viewer. Regards, Alex Jason Isley wrote: Is there a way to setup a Windows computer to start up the viewer with the password already provided so you don't have to type it in every time?

Re: RealVNC 4.1.2 does not work with MacOS 10.4.8

2006-10-20 Thread Alex Pelts
, not standard Mac applications. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex Pelts Sent: 19 October 2006 21:58 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: Re: RealVNC 4.1.2 does not work with MacOS 10.4.8 Since

Re: RealVNC 4.1.2 does not work with MacOS 10.4.8

2006-10-19 Thread Alex Pelts
Since mac osx is bsd based you can easy compile the existing vnc server for unix. Regards, Alex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just as a quick follow-up on my previous email: I found a good VNC server for Mac OSX (OSXvnc V1.71) here: www.redstonesoftware.com/products/vine/index.html (I couldn't

Re: Unexpectedly terminated - would you like to try again?

2006-10-11 Thread Alex Pelts
You know that when you tunneling you actually have to connect to the localhost instead of remote machine? What is exact procedure that you follow when you tunneling? Regards, Alex Mick wrote: Hi All, Perhaps this has been answered before, but I couldn't find the answer in the ML. I am

Re: Unexpectedly terminated - would you like to try again?

2006-10-11 Thread Alex Pelts
## is a protocol number of vnc server. If telnet does not work VNC will not work as well. I tunneled VNC trough SSH many times without any problems. Regards, Alex Mick wrote: On 11/10/06, Alex Pelts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mick wrote: Hi All, Perhaps this has been answered before, but I

Re: SelectObject to CompatibleDC Failed: The operation completed successfully

2006-10-11 Thread Alex Pelts
I was able to full-screen a dos prompt and vnc stopped working although did not disconnect. Then I blindly pressed alt-enter and vnc came back. So you can get out of the situation of accidentally pressing alt-enter. I did not try to disconnect and reconnect as I am working remotely now and

Re: RealVNC 4.1.2 does not work with MacOS 10.4.8

2006-10-10 Thread Alex Pelts
It probably has nothing to do with vnc but everything to do with your vpn configuration. Try adjusting MTU. Regards, Alex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I discovered that a RealVNC 4.1.2 client on WinXP cannot connect to a VNC server running on a MacOS 10.4.8. Initially it connects, and it takes

Re: New to VNC List...

2006-10-09 Thread Alex Pelts
This came up at least 100 times. You are running VNC version 4.1.1 or earlier which had a security problem allowing attacker to login without a password. The update was posted few days after the problem was discovered but it seems that no one bothers to update. You need to redeploy the latest

Re: Local Hard Disk Access?

2006-09-15 Thread Alex Pelts
VNC Enterprise Edition does that but you need to pay for it. Regards, Alex Jeff Kraeger wrote: Is VNC capable of accessing local hard disks on the client machine while being remotely connected to a PC at work? Often times I will want to copy files from my PC at work (remotely connected) to

Re: Control a PC without graphic card?

2006-09-11 Thread Alex Pelts
You probably would need a card unless there is a simulation driver somewhere. Regards, Alex Aredor wrote: Hi, I've searched and found an similar topic in headless PC... but it didn't lead me to a solution, so I hope you can help. My reason for using VNC is that my graphic card isn't

Re: keystroke spewage

2006-08-15 Thread Alex Pelts
Brian, It would be interesting to try if you can connect from inside of the network using the same client. This will eliminate possible vpn problems. This is the problem I have never heard of. Also is it possible to use X server to connect to that RH box? U can use free x server of the

Re: Noobie question

2006-08-14 Thread Alex Pelts
Jimmy, It would help a bit if you could describe your parents network configuration. Is there a router? What is the OS? Is it cable or dsl? A lot of times cable or dsl modems have routers and firewalls built-in. The other option is - your parents could invite you in - vnc server has add new

Re: Noobie question

2006-08-14 Thread Alex Pelts
I just point and click), and it is perfect for getting on the render boxes, and tooling around. It's a great program, just trying to get it to work for my purposes. Thanks a lot. /*JIMMY GASS* *DESIGNER | COMPOSITOR*/ http://www.janimation.com Alex Pelts wrote: Jimmy, It would help a bit

Is is possible to compile latest VNC server with older X say 3.3.6?

2006-08-02 Thread Alex Pelts
Hi, I am trying to compile latest vnc on older freebsd but it does not compile. Did anyone try to do this? That version of bsd has vnc 3.3.7 which compiles. Any pointers where to look? Regards, Alex ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To

Re: Request - Connection logging

2006-08-01 Thread Alex Pelts
There is logging already. VNC server logs in to windows application log. Regards, Alex Jimmy wrote: Hello! Must say that I love VNC; handiest program ever! But I've just recently come across an idea that could be helpful. I've just had some random attempt to VNC me.I asked the one person

Re: Request - Connection logging

2006-08-01 Thread Alex Pelts
ControlPanel/Administrative Tools/Event Viewer. Look in application logs for WinVNC. Regards, Alex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do you find this windowns application log? Glenda Harris From: Alex Pelts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/08/01 Tue AM 11:39:59 EDT To: Jimmy [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: vnc

Re: wishlist for vnc

2006-07-18 Thread Alex Pelts
There is no need for vnc to have direct socket connection. You can listen only to loopback interface and connect using ssh. Regards, Alex Ed Peschko wrote: hey all, I was wondering - does vnc have a wishlist that is maintained somewhere? Either that, or a developer's list where users could

Re: password bug on vnc 4.2 (last release 12 may 2006) Free Edition

2006-07-09 Thread Alex Pelts
Everybody does. In fact it is described in documentation as a feature. Regards, Alex Andris Falcsn wrote: Hi, there. Yesterday I was sitted on my chair doing some test with my vnc and I discover a serious bug in the password request. This is the scenario: 2 desktop computer over internet

Re: NAT-to-NAT solution?

2006-06-13 Thread Alex Pelts
Two words - rinetd. Just google for it. You can compile it and redirect any port to any port. You can also port it to any os that is unix-like. Not sure though about symbian. Regards, Alex lim wrote: That doesn't help, since VNC server is on SymbianOS. 2006/6/12, John Aldrich [EMAIL

Re: vnc security flaw?

2006-06-08 Thread Alex Pelts
be sufficient answer to your question. Regards, Alex Jaroslaw Rafa wrote: Alex Pelts napisal(a): [Charset iso-8859-1 unsupported, filtering to ASCII...] IMHO running VNC server exposed to the Internet is a bad idea in the first place. Why? What is different in running a VNC server exposed

Re: vnc security flaw?

2006-06-07 Thread Alex Pelts
Dave Dyer wrote: 1) vnc should maintain it's own list, reserved for security flash alerts only, and strongly encourage anyone who installs vnc to sign up. That is not such a bad idea but this security problem only happened once since I started using VNC(as far as I recall), and I started using

Re: vnc security flaw?

2006-06-07 Thread Alex Pelts
I don't think you can, by any means, compare your proposition to an antivirus solution. The complexities of protecting a person from protecting their own ignorance, not in a demeaning sense, are so multifaceted. It would literally be impossible to stay on top of every single threat, and to

Re: vnc security flaw?

2006-06-07 Thread Alex Pelts
Well, Let say if you pay money to Symantec why don't you ask them to protect your pc? What is RealVNC has to do with it? I pay money to RealVNC people for EE and I got my email notifying me about security update. So I have no beef with RealVNC as they provide the service I pay for. I think 2)

Re: vnc security flaw?

2006-06-06 Thread Alex Pelts
Dave, The fix was posted next day after the flaw was discovered. At that time there was no exploits or they were not prevalent. I am not so sure what VNC team could do to better inform people. Discovery of flaw was published on slashdot and this list. I am not trying to tell that this is your

Re: Just got Hacked through VNC?

2006-06-01 Thread Alex Pelts
Peter, The fix was out the next day after problem was announced. It was excellent as far as I am concerned. If you did not upgrade, how is this software quality fault? These things happen, software has bugs, but you need to upgrade promptly. If you are running VNC exposed to the Internet is

Re: New to the List and a Question

2006-05-30 Thread Alex Pelts
Server is the one who serves the display, client is the one who views the display. It is opposite of X where server is the one that shows the display and clients connect and show their windows on the server. Hope this helps. Alex Jeff Koke wrote: Hello! I am glad to be a part of a great

Re: Memory leak in VNC 4.2?

2006-05-16 Thread Alex Pelts
I have been running EE for weeks at the time on windows xp and no leaks are noticed. I think this is issue specific to you machine or Win2K. Regards, Alex voor wrote: Has anyone noticed the winvnc4.exe (in server mode) process taking up more and more RAM after a client has connected to it?

That was quick!

2006-05-12 Thread Alex Pelts
I guess the new free version of RealVNC 4.1.2 fixes the security problem that mentioned earlier on this list (and slashdot). Get it quick if you are exposing VNC server to the internet without or any other vpn software. Alex ___ VNC-List mailing

Re: vnc security

2006-05-11 Thread Alex Pelts
google is you friend (maybe if they don't cooperate with federal government too much.) Regards, Alex Eric wrote: Is there a good FAQ or HOWTO on ssh with vnc? what is the url Thanks - Original Message - From: John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: '-Paul' [EMAIL PROTECTED];

Re: 4.2 Release Notes: Improved VNC mirror driver performance.

2006-05-05 Thread Alex Pelts
I have been using it and it seems to be better a bit. Regards, Alex Gross, Michael wrote: Hi, well, VNC mirror driver performance was improved. And where to find this driver? I mean, if performance was improved, it simply must exist ;-) rgds, Michael

Re: VNC freezing on Win XP Media Center Edition SP2

2006-05-02 Thread Alex Pelts
The exact step is to match MTU of your VPN to MTU of your physical network. Unfortunately there are no automated tools. Safe way is to make your VPN MTU 1300, which is smaller than an average physical network MTU. Regards, Alex S B wrote: Alex, On 4/26/06, Alex Pelts [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: VNC freezing on Win XP Media Center Edition SP2

2006-04-26 Thread Alex Pelts
, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex Pelts Sent: 25 April 2006 19:14 To: James Weatherall Cc: 'S B'; vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: Re: VNC freezing on Win XP Media Center Edition SP2 The VPN has MTU larger than MTU

Re: VNC freezing on Win XP Media Center Edition SP2

2006-04-26 Thread Alex Pelts
the MTU correctly to the two ends of the connection, resulting in TCP splitting the data stream into chunks that are too large for the VPN. Your best bet is therefore to contact your VPN vendor for support for their product. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: Alex Pelts

Re: VNC freezing on Win XP Media Center Edition SP2

2006-04-25 Thread Alex Pelts
MTU is too large on your vpn connection. Regards, Alex S B wrote: Hi, I just bought a new computer from Dell (Intel dual core 2.8GHz, 1GB RAM running Win XP Media Center w/ SP2), and downloaded VNC 4.4 viewer on it. When I VNC to my work machine, VNC viewer freezes intermittently. Some times

Re: VNC freezing on Win XP Media Center Edition SP2

2006-04-25 Thread Alex Pelts
, Alex James Weatherall wrote: Hi Alex, Can you provide any more information on why that causes the effect SB is seeing? Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex Pelts Sent: 25 April 2006 07:07 To: S B Cc: vnc

Re: Why no Personal version for Linux?

2006-04-24 Thread Alex Pelts
I think the biggest useful difference between free version and personal version is the mirror driver. On linux there is no such thing as vnc hooks directly in to X or acts as X server. Performance is great without any special tricks. As far as encryption goes SSH provides this without any

Re: Server license key is missing, invalid or has expired

2006-04-22 Thread Alex Pelts
It is not free but well worth paying for if you use VNC a lot. Mirror driver does help a great deal. Alex Brian Rupnick wrote: I'm running VNC Server Personal Edition 4.1.3 on my home laptop. When I try to connect to it, I get the following message: Server license key is missing,

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