Re: Windows RealVNC server not accepting connections
On Fri, 28 Oct 2011, Gregg Levine wrote: If I remember correctly, using VNC on Windows is tricky. Is it on the allowed programs list for the firewall? I think there are multiple layers of firewalling and I'm probably missing something. And for trying to connect to it on the host, you'd need to enable that feature during the startup routines. I'm not sure I understand you. The service is running and it now accepts connections from localhost (at least up to the password prompt, but I haven't gone beyond that because it gets tricky to log into Windows from localhost). Mike ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Windows RealVNC server not accepting connections
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 5:07 AM, Mike Miller mbmille...@gmail.com wrote: I'm running the latest Free RealVNC server in service mode on a WinXP box and it isn't accepting any connections. I tried to connect to localhost and I get a dialog box right away saying the connection closed unexpectedly. I'm not prompted for a password. The icon is in the tray saying it is running. What do you recommend I do to troubleshoot this? I found the log in the Windows Event Viewer. When I look at properties, this is what I see for every attempt from localhost: SocketManager: unknown listener event: 0 But when I try to connect from a Linux machine on the subnet, it doesn't register anything. When I use nmap on the Linux box to look at the Windows box, I see that port 5900 is filtered rather than open. I was able to use vncviewer -listen on the Linux box to receive a connection from the VNC server on Windows. That worked but only momentarily. It locked up almost right away and then the VNC server crashed on Windows, including the usual Microsoft request to report the error, which I did. Mike ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list Hello! If I remember correctly, using VNC on Windows is tricky. Is it on the allowed programs list for the firewall? And for trying to connect to it on the host, you'd need to enable that feature during the startup routines. - Gregg C Levine gregg.drw...@gmail.com This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again. ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Windows RealVNC server not accepting connections
On Fri, 28 Oct 2011, Mike Miller wrote: I'm running the latest Free RealVNC server in service mode on a WinXP box and it isn't accepting any connections. I tried to connect to localhost and I get a dialog box right away saying the connection closed unexpectedly. I'm not prompted for a password. I realized that I was allowing connections only from a certain other machine on the subnet, and was therefore blocking connections from localhost. I fixed that and then was able to make the connection from localhost. So I guess this is what we see in the event log when WinVNC is disallowing a connection (at least if it is from localhost): SocketManager: unknown listener event: 0 This is still a problem: But when I try to connect from a Linux machine on the subnet, it doesn't register anything. When I use nmap on the Linux box to look at the Windows box, I see that port 5900 is filtered rather than open. I was able to use vncviewer -listen on the Linux box to receive a connection from the VNC server on Windows. That worked but only momentarily. It locked up almost right away and then the VNC server crashed on Windows, including the usual Microsoft request to report the error, which I did. Any ideas? Why would the server crash after making a connection to a listening viewer? I'm guessing that my problem making a normal connection is due to some kind of firewalling problem. I'm trying to turn all of that off. It's hard to figure out exactly where the problem is, though. Mike ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
