Re: Connection refused when upgrading to 3.3.4
On Wed, 2002-10-09 at 09:32, MAVRE.Renaud wrote: Hello, I work with VNC 3.3.3r7 for many months with no problem, in a Win2k environment (clients servers) with these settings in order to have some security : [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3] ConnectPriority=dword:0002 AuthHosts=-:+2xx.x And now, when I try to connect to the 3.3.4 server with a client, either 3.3.3r7 or 3.3.4, I get this message : Your connection has been rejected !!! If I roll back to the 3.3.3r7, all goes fine as previous. What's wrong with my configuration ? Can anybody help me, please ? You probably just need to changed AuthHosts to: -:+2xx.x: The trailing colon is required to terminate the host specification, by the parsing code. Cheers, -- Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. - http://www.realvnc.com Open Source VNC - Commercial Support Development ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: VNC 3.3.4 server crashes on NT 4 Server
Brian, Thanks for the stack trace log from your crashed VNC server. Can I send you a debug build of the server to try, so we can attempt to track down the problem? The debug build will hopefully produce more useful error output when things die. Thanks, -- Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. - http://www.realvnc.com Open Source VNC - Commercial Support Development ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: support for wheel mouse (realvnc 3.3.4)
I've seen some posts on this mailing list dating as far back as 1999 regarding support for wheel mice under the Windows viewer. Is there planned support for it? I've been using TightVNC so far which had wheel support and I recently moved to RealVNC and I lost the wheel support :( Mouse-wheel support under Windows will be available in release 3.3.5, which we're currently working on. Xvnc and vncviewer for X11 already support mouse-wheels, as it happens. Oh yeah, and being able to display the regular X server :0 would be nice too. I heard KDE 3.1 will have a built in VNC server. Does anyone know what VNC viewers will work with it (e.g. TightVNC, RealVNC, etc.) Unless they've messed things up horribly, all VNC viewers should work correctly with the KDE built-in server. If not, then either the KDE server or the viewer in question shouldn't be calling itself VNC... ;) Cheers, -- Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. - http://www.realvnc.com Open Source VNC - Commercial Support Development ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Problems with Java viewing
Hope someone can help me out here. I've been using VNC 3.3.3 for over a year with no problems on WinNT. But now I'm trying to load it on Win2000. I got the new version, 3.3.4, installed it ok and everything seems fine. I'm using IE5 as a client, we do not have a DNS server so I'm using IP to connect. As in: http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:5800 This works great, UNTIL I go to the registry and set AllowProperties=0. (HK_L_M\Software\ORL\WinVNC3\Default) The function works, and won't allow the user to access the Properties box. But, it shuts down the http server! (even though the reg. key HTTPConnect=1) If I go back to the registry and set it back to AllowProperties=1, Bingo! the http server starts working again. I have checked the reg key at HK_C_U\Software\ORL\WinVNC3 and sure enough, HTTPConnect=1. Aha. This is your problem. AllowProperties not only disables the Properties dialog for the current user, but prevents user settings being loaded. Only the default settings for the machine are therefore read. If AllowProperties=0 then ensure that HK_L_M\Software\ORL\WinVNC3\Default\HTTPConnect=1 in order for the Java applet to be served to browsers. You can set this via the Default Properties dialog. Cheers, -- Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. - http://www.realvnc.com Open Source VNC - Commercial Support Development ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: 3.3.7 looking like spyware
Peter, Windows 98 is a little odd in what it chooses to display in the list of running tasks. It actually just displays those tasks that have a window open in the task list, to a close approximation. There are usually a number of other processes running on a Win98 system that won't appear, because as far as '98 is concerned, they're system tasks and shouldn't be visible to users. WinVNC will normally attempt to display a tray icon, but it only does this if it knows the username of the currently logged on user. If you access '98 by pressing Cancel at the login stage (or just don't have a login prompt at all) then you won't see the icon. Cheers, -- Dr. Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. - http://www.realvnc.com Open Source VNC - Commercial Support Development --- I've just put 3.3.7 server up on a Win98 machine (Not SE) with default settings (except java disabled) and running as a service. This was from the pre-compiled binary in vnc-3.3.7-x86_win32.exe. I was very surprised to see that it is virtually completely invisible on the server even when active. No taskbar icon, nor listed in the running programs under close program (ctrl-alt-del). In fact, unless I'm going more gaga than usual, the only place it seems to be visible is in Sygate Personal Firewall - Running Applications and Traffic Log - And that's only on because this machine is out on the wild internet outside my firewalls and NAT routers. I thought all the developers and almost everyone else were dead set against this sort of invisibility. Anyway whilst people are pondering this I'd better get ZeBeDee up to lock it down tight. Best Wishes Peter Ball ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Installed VNC, Won't Acknowledge Ping request's
Dennis, The problem you describe sounds as though you've set up a firewall around machine 1 (the problem machine), which is not allowing ping packets or incoming data connections through. It will allow outgoing connections and incoming packets for existing connections, which is why the machine still works as a VNC viewer. Cheers, -- Dr. Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. - http://www.realvnc.com Open Source VNC - Commercial Support Development ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: New virus/worm using VNC
Paulo, Thanks for posting that virus warning. I have received one report so far of an infection of this type and have been sent the corresponding files by the helpful chap who reported it, so hopefully we can alert more of the virus-scanner folks to it. I will post further details when I have them. Obviously, there's no way to prevent people doing stuff like this, but we can try to make sure that virus-scanners know to look for them. Please see Paulo's (Darwin) mail for details of what to look for if you think your system has been infected. Cheers, -- Dr. Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. - http://www.realvnc.com Open Source VNC - Commercial Support Development ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: VNC + multiple monitors
Jerry, A multi-monitor aware beta release of VNC will be available sometime this week. I'll be particularly interested in feedback from users who: Cheers, -- Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
VNC 4.0 Beta 3
RealVNC is pleased to announce the first public beta release of VNC 4.0. VNC 4.0 is a complete redesign of the VNC system, but maintains backwards compatibility with the old VNC 3 releases. New features on all platforms: - Local cursor rendering - New Java viewer - Improved performance - Dynamic desktop resizing New Unix features: - Support for remoting the X11 console - Xvnc is now based on the XFree86 4 X server - Compatibility with a wider range of Unix platforms and features New Windows features: - Support for multiple monitors - New keyboard handling code - Simpler configuration system Binaries and source can be downloaded from the RealVNC website at http://www.realvnc.com/4.0b3-download.html Documentation and notes on this release can be found at http://www.realvnc.com/v4 Please direct bug reports for this release to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Enjoy! The VNC Team ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: VNC Remote Viewing into LAN
Bill, The DI-614+ is the same one I use at home. Very nice unit, as it happens, although the interface could be better. I'm using a Revision A box (two aerials) and it all works fine. You just go to the Virtual Servers page and add the required port information and it works. There are also some firewall pages which you might want to check, to make sure that the box is correctly opening up the ports as well as redirecting them - otherwise you may find that you can connect via the public IP address from within your LAN, but not from outside! Also, are you sure that your WAN address is correct - if you switch off your cable box then it's likely to be reallocated to a new IP. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: RealVNC v4b3 Comments, etc...
On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 16:15:40 -0400, Adam Pavelec [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: + Options and Close VNC Server are grayed out in the notification area icon -- not sure if this an artifact from a prior install, but I did remove both HKLM\Software\ORL and HKCU\Software\ORL branches before installing v4b3. I get the same here, and also did an unstall of 3.x and fresh install of 4b3. When you're running in server mode, there are server start and server stop shortcuts on the VNC flyout on the start bar. The Close Server option is really only on that menu for User-Mode, not for when running as a service. The same is true for the Options dialog. We may make them work for Service-Mode too but there are security issues that need addressing before that can be achieved safely. v4b3 correctly sizes its viewer desktop to display both ports on my matrox G550 dualhead as contiguous space. I am running both host displays at 1024x768, and the viewer as a single 1024x768. Excellent. Have you tried it with the secondary monitor to the left of your primary monitor? What platform is the server running on? Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: RealVNC v4b3 Comments, etc...
On Tuesday, July 29, 2003 8:39 AM [GMT-5=EST], James Weatherall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Close Server option is really only on that menu for User-Mode, not for when running as a service. The same is true for the Options dialog. We may make them work for Service-Mode too but there are security issues that need addressing before that can be achieved safely. This makes sense, and I like it better this way. If VNC is running as a service, no user interaction should be required anyway. If you /do/ end up enabling these options in service mode, please let this feature be selectable through a registry setting. This falls under the remit of the security issues I referred to - if we do enable those options in the menu then they will operate via Windows' normal security measures, so that, for example, a user who does not have rights to stop the service will find that Close VNC Server raises an error message if they select it. Writing of the registry, are the new locations (ORL vs. RealVNC) set in concrete? Yes. VNC 4's settings will all reside under [HKLM/HKCU]\Software\RealVNC. The old registry settings aren't compatible with the new ones anyway, so keeping the old location wouldn't help. The names of the settings should be stable, too. The VNC Config program's Legacy panel allows the existing Software\ORL options to be imported and mapped into the new settings. I'd be interested to hear of any issues that people have had with that process. The import process is non-destructive - you can perform it as many times as you like without fear of losing your old VNC 3 settings, in case you need to revert from the Beta back to VNC 3.3.7 for some reason. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: VNC 4.0B4 Cursor Disappearing
Karl, Are you saying that the client cursor dissappears when you drag and drop, or the server cursor? Are you using local cursor rendering at the client? Are you *sure* that you're running VNC 4b4 at both ends? Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Remote Desktop Management Solution for Microsoft with RealVNC4
Michal, The securityFocus instructions apply to the VNC 3.3 series. VNC 4 is a new codebase and some of the options differ from the older version. In particular, LoopbackOnly has been renamed Loopback, hence the problem you encountered. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re:Xvnc 4.0b4 segfault
Tim, A bug in the Region class has been discovered and will be patched in the next release. It seems a likely candidate to explain the rectangle oddities you've encountered. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: AuthHosts
David, VNC 4 Beta 4 does not support querying the local user to accept connections. The full VNC 4.0 release will support the feature. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: performance - 8/24 bit color, twm vs. cde
VNC 4b4 includes automatic encoding and pixel format selection to cope with slow links, and has a much faster VNC Viewer implementation than releases based on the VNC 3.3 series. I'd recommend upgrading to VNC 4b4 as the first step in improving the remote performance of Cadence on your system. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Multiple Monitors and 4.0b4
The next release of VNC 4 will be capable of storing the default monitor on which to show VNC Viewer windows, either in the registry for all instances, or in .vnc configuration files. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Not Listening
The tray icon will show Not Listening when WinVNC has been unable to open a socket on which to accept incoming connections. WinVNC won't try to open a socket again unless you change one of its settings, at which point it re-reads all its settings and will have another go at opening the socket. This is a known limitation of WinVNC 4b4. If you start WinVNC while off-line, then go on-line then popping up the Options panel to change something, then change it back, you should get VNC to start accepting connections. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: How to get an options like: Ask for user permission (newbie)
The full VNC 4 release will include the option to query the local user to accept connections. Until then, VNC 3.3.7 includes this as Advanced functionality. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Apparent socket problem
Elwin, Check that both machines have TCP setup correctly. If it seems to be setup OK but doesn't work then try removing and reinstalling the TCP stack. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: You do not have sufficient privileges ..
Martin, What makes you think VNC doesn't think you're in the Administrators group? All VNC is saying is that you don't have sufficient privileges - that's uaully because only Administrators are allowed to write to HKLM, but it could also be because the registry permissions have been set up incorrectly by someone, which is probably the cause of your problem. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Using VNC to acccess Linux from Windows (was Re: Help.)
Michael, The easiest way to get VNC to allow you to access Linux from a Windows machine is to first download and install VNC 4b4 on the Linux machine. If you're running a Linux distribution that supports RPM (such as RedHat) then simply download the RPM from our website, then, as root, use rpm -I filename to install the software. Once that's done, you can log-in to the Linux machine as the telescope user, for example, and run vncserver. You may be asked to provide a password, which will be used to control access to the server. Finally, you'll be told the VNC display number, which will probably be 1. To connect from a Windows machine, download VNC Viewer and run it, specifying linux-machine-name-or-ip:1 as the host and then supplying the same password you used earlier. Note that if you restart the Linux machine, you'll need to also restart the VNC server. You can edit the file ~.vnc/xstartup for the user who is running the VNC server to change the window manager to something like KDE, that may be easier to use. Hope that helps, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Win XP and multple users, server wont auto-start
George, I would recommend upgrading from VNC 3.3 to VNC 4 Beta 4, which is generally easier to use and configure. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: XDMCP time rollover bug?
Kyle, You should upgrade to VNC 4b4. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: VNCSERVER ERROR while installing Oracle 9.2.0
Mark, This isn't a VNC Server error, it's an error from Oracle - the setup program is trying to access the VNC Server but it's running as a user which doesn't have access to that particular VNC Server. The most probable cause is that the VNC Server is running as one user while the installer is running as another (such as root). Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: ZRLE question
Jared, You could look at zrleDecode.h from the VNC distribution to see how to decode ZRLE, or the ZRLE encoding description in the RFB 3.7 protocol document. From your description of the COV code, it's simply wrong, and doesn't handle some of ZRLE's features. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: VNCSERVER ERROR while installing Oracle 9.2.0
Mark, If user oracle is the user that you're running the installer as then yes, that's the simplest way to get it to work. An alternative way to do it, albeit somewhat clumsy, is to use whatever your currently running VNC X server is, and use SSH to start a session as user oracle, for the installation. SSH will then take care of the access rights to the VNC X server and X applications run from within the SSH session should be able to display their interfaces in it. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC ltd. -Original Message- From: Mark A. Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 November 2003 17:54 To: James Weatherall Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: VNCSERVER ERROR while installing Oracle 9.2.0 So I need to start up a vnc session as user oracle then? Thank you mark On Mon, 24 Nov 2003, James Weatherall wrote: Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 14:41:01 - From: James Weatherall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: VNCSERVER ERROR while installing Oracle 9.2.0 Mark, This isn't a VNC Server error, it's an error from Oracle - the setup program is trying to access the VNC Server but it's running as a user which doesn't have access to that particular VNC Server. The most probable cause is that the VNC Server is running as one user while the installer is running as another (such as root). Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: disconnect from internet
Antonello, Sounds like you have a serious problem with your network setup. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Antonello Cordella wrote: I connect with a vnc server on a machine running windows 2000 but after 10/20 sec this machine disconnect from internet (adsl with usb modem). Why? --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.543 / Virus Database: 337 - Release Date: 21/11/2003 ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list -- Dr. James Wez Weatherall -- Chief Engineering Officer RealVNC Ltd. - The home of VNC - http://www.realvnc.com ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: W2k command window (old DOS window) echo problem
Dave, Upgrading to VNC 4b4 should ensure that DOS windows are properly updated, since the default behaviour is to poll them for updates. The problem is simply that they can't be hooked by the standard, non-intrusive hooking scheme. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: first experiences with vnc
Christian, It sounds as though you have some polling options enable that are causing the CPU usage to be relatively high. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: User's Guide contribution
Peter, The mailing list itself is as good a place as any. :) Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Judd Sent: 27 November 2003 14:08 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: User's Guide contribution Hello all, Where can I send reports of typos outdated links in the FAQ ( http://www.realvnc.com/faq.html) /or requests for additions to it? Peter -- Checked by AVG Anti-Virus (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 7.0.203 / Virus Database: 261.3.1 - Release Date: 25-11-2003 ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: VNC authentication failed! one one machine, but not on another... Help!
Alan, What is the actual error message you get, using the latest VNC Viewer (4b4) as the client on the problem machine? Do you have any firewalling software installed on that machine? Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. I have been running VNC (ver 3.3.7) for quite a while now, and suddenly my main client (I use it to connect to multiple remotes for support) has not been able to connect to ANY of the remotes. However, if I use one of the remotes, I can connect to the other remotes fine. (So, it is not a password issue...) ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: VNC authentication failed! one one machine, but not on another... Help!
Alan, Your connection has been rejected could mean one of three things: - You have failed to enter the correct password so many times that the server thinks you are trying to crack a password and so will only allow a single connection attempt from that host every minute or so. - The AuthHosts registry entry at the server explicitly specifies that that particular client machine should not be allowed to connect. - The AuthHosts registry entry at the server specifies that connections from that particular client machine must be accepted by a local user, but the local user is rejecting them, or the query is timing out. The fact that you get Authentication Failure every so often suggests that the password is the issue. If one particular machine is failing authentication and others aren't then you should check the states of Caps Lock, Num Lock, etc and that the keyboard layout is set correctly on that machine. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: Alan Van Loon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 November 2003 16:43 To: James Weatherall Subject: RE: VNC authentication failed! one one machine, but not on another... Help! and sometimes: (I think after the previous one) and from IE 6: -Original Message- From: James Weatherall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 10:36 AM To: 'Alan Van Loon'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: VNC authentication failed! one one machine, but not on another... Help! Alan, What is the actual error message you get, using the latest VNC Viewer (4b4) as the client on the problem machine? Do you have any firewalling software installed on that machine? Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. I have been running VNC (ver 3.3.7) for quite a while now, and suddenly my main client (I use it to connect to multiple remotes for support) has not been able to connect to ANY of the remotes. However, if I use one of the remotes, I can connect to the other remotes fine. (So, it is not a password issue...) [demime 0.99d.1 removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of image001.jpg] [demime 0.99d.1 removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of image002.jpg] [demime 0.99d.1 removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of image003.jpg] ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: VNC authentication failed! one one machine, but not on another... Help!
Alan, Absence of AuthHosts will not cause problems. To reiterate my first mail on this - Your connection has rejected is what you'll get if you've had too many Authentication Failure messages previously. Are you *sure* that your client computer's keyboard layout hasn't changed, and that you're definitely typing in the password you think you're typing in? Does it appear correctly if you type it into Notepad on that PC? Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: Alan Van Loon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 November 2003 17:13 To: James Weatherall Subject: RE: VNC authentication failed! one one machine, but not on another... Help! I'll throw one more wrench into the works...I had saved a shortcut onto the desktop for connecting to two servers I frequently use, and I haven't changed them, but I get the same symptoms when I try to connect using them (with the passwords saved) as when I type in the password, so I don't think that the passwords are the issue. As for as registry entry on the server, there are about 100 machines that I connect to. Is it possible that they would all change at the same time? One of the servers that I am trying to connect to is on the same desk as my workstation (about 18 away), and I am not getting (nor have I ever set up) a problem with the user accepting or rejecting the connection (the user would be me :-)). I'll check the registry entries on the server on my desk, just in case though... First time through, didn't find the string AuthHosts... Second time through, didn't find the string AuthH... it appears it doesn't have this registry entry. Could this be contributing to the problem? ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: VNC Service stops
I've had one response to this suggesting I update to RealVNC 4b4. Thanks, but I have to believe that others have run into the same issue of the winvnc service stopping unexpectantly. If anyone has any other suggestions for me regarding this issue, please... I'm all ears. Thanks! Greg Greg - it's a known bug in WinVNC 3.3.7 and derived code. That's why you should upgrade to VNC 4b4, which is the latest release and doesn't have that bug. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: VNC on my computer
I am an IT guy so I know never to download software from e-mails that I didn't expect to receive, so could someone please tell me if it is possible to install this VNC software without me knowing about it (no one never uses this computer). What other ways can I check to see if my system has been tampered with? Does anybody know what type of path that was that Spy Cop detected? The path you describe is the Windows XP System Retore directory, which stores an archive of older contents of your hard drive so that things can be restored to a working state if they become broken. Turning it off and back on again will have wiped the restore data, hence the error going away. VNC can be installed by anyone with Administrator rights. That includes you yourself deliberately installing it, you opening a web link with an exe or script in it, you reading an email with an atachment and/or html in it, someone else hacking into your machine to install it. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: VNCServer Error 3.3.7
Stuart, The most likely reason for no-one having suggested any solutions to your problem is that you have not described it. You mention problems running VNC as a service under Windows 2000 in your post last month. In the latest mail, you state that no connections can be made to the server, then say that the wallpaper is removed when a client disconnects, which contradicts. Please post a description of the problem you are actually seeing, including the OS and VNC server versions, and I'm sure people will be happy to try to help. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Windows 2000 logon screen
If you use VNC 4 at both ends of the connection then a resolution change won't cause a disconnect. Under Windows 2000, a resolution change at that stage is very unlikely anyway, and wouldn't cause the error you describe. The error you describe indicates that the server isn't even accepting connections. I have read that when you bring up the logon screen to log in to Windows 2000 this could cause a change in screen resolution and disconnect vnc but is there a solution for this? When I tried to connect to the remote computer which is already displaying the logon screen it displays the message 'Failed to connect to server'. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Suggestion : VNCviewer connection prompt accepts command line options
Assuming that you are talking about VNC Viewer 4, the functionality you describe already exists in the form of .vnc configuration files. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Seak, Teng-Fong Sent: 02 December 2003 09:54 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Suggestion : VNCviewer connection prompt accepts command line options VNCviewer's command line options are richer than what is suggested in the Connection options window. Is there any plan to allow the connection prompt to accept also command line options? If yes, that is quite cool because connection prompt has history, so we don't have to click on Options... to choose any particular option. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: VNC Beta V4.0b4 with ZoneAlarm Pro V4.5.530.000 on Win2K Pro Desktop
Andy, We've had a couple of other reports of problems when users upgrade to ZoneAlarm Pro 4 and try to use VNC Viewer 4 and have been talking to ZoneLabs about it. Can you clarify which machine (viewer or server) ZoneAlarm Pro is running on and protecting? Can you confirm that you are describing an actual inability to connect viewer to server, rather than a more subtle degradation in functionality? Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. I installed the beta version on top of an older VNC V3.3.3 (which I eventually removed) and immediately had problems getting it to work. I narrowed the problem to Zone Alarm Pro, since when I shutdown ZAP, VNC works and when I start it back up VNC stops working. I've confirmed the PC's on my home network are properly configured in ZAP and I even tried individually configuring them in ZAP, but this does not fix the problem. The only thing I can get from ZAP is a message when I first start VNC, saying that ZAP blocked the attempt, but I does not say why and it also does not recognize the protocol. I posted a similar question to the ZoneAlarm site and am awaiting a reply. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: WLAN is breaking down if I use VNC
Hi BigFrog, I'm running a WaveLAN at home, as it happens, and my connectivity to it got broken by updating to the drivers that Microsoft recommended through Windows Update. The hardware vendor said it was because Microsoft's driver couldn't be used with non-U.S. versions of their card... Which make of wireless card are you using? Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. I use VNC 3.3.7 with my WLAN and WinXP Pro on all my PC's. It was running very well and I didn't have problems with it. Then I reinstalled WinXP (complete new, with fresh formatted disks...) on my Laptop, which I normaly use to remote the other PC's. The WLAN network is running very well again, but VNC not. I can connect to each other PC with VNC, but after the first (almost) or a few actions on a remotted PC the network is breaking down, this means the WLAN Adapters cannot reach their neighbours anymore (no network available). Now I deactivate - activate each adapter on every PC and the network is running again (if not I haveto do a restart on some PC). The only change (that I can remember) to the prior well running system is, that I installed the Microsoft WLAN-Rollup Patch: filename: WindowsXP-KB826942-x86-DEU.exe downloadsize: 1069 KB public since: 31.10.2003 version: 826942 ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Suggestion : VNCviewer connection prompt accepts command line options
Use of .vnc file seems supported already in VNC3, though I've never tried it. But use of .vnc file, IMO, can't replace what I've suggested. Or can it? You described having a set of Options saved for a particular host, which is exactly what the .vnc file is for. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Version 4 Beta performance issues
David, Are you finding the double-click problem with VNC Viewer 4 or VNC Server 4? i.e. Does VNC Viewer 3 viewing VNC Server 4 work? Does VNC Viewer 4 viewing VNC Server 3 work? Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Suggestion : VNCviewer connection prompt accepts command line options
1) Open the application. In recently opened list choose the file we want. 2) Open file manager and go deeper and deeper in the directories to find the file. Then open the file. 2) Can be handled by saving a .vnc file, then opening it when you want to use it. 1) Can be handled by going to Start-Documents, where, amongst other things, recently used .vnc files will appear. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Version 4 Beta performance issues
David, Glad to hear it's not a general 4=4 problem! With regards to cursor-flashing - VNC 4 grabs the screen using a more complete blit operation that the VNC 3 releases, which is necessary if things like alpha-blended windows (Winamp3 and the like) are to be visible. A side-effect of this more complete blit from the main display is that the cursor flickers while it's happening. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: WinXP - windows loose focus with mouseclick, only startmenu works
Check that the Ctrl or Alt keys aren't stuck - press and release them while VNC is running and then try clicking on windows again to highlight them. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Quicken 2000 Reports with Searching Transactions/CANCEL button di alog never finish - have to CANCEL
Jim, You probably need to set use_Deferral to 0 under the QW.EXE key. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. My problem is that when I run reports that throw up the Searching Transactions dialog with a CANCEL button the report never finishes. I have to click the cancel button and then I'm back to where I was. I've looked at the WinVNC registry settings on the server machine (my home/remote PC) for QW.EXE and they are all 1 except use_Timer = 0. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Multiple Control
On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, webmaster wrote: Is there any way that it can control multiple pc's at once? You can simply run multiple viewers simultaneously to control multiple servers at once. I would like to be able to issue lock pc commands to all 15 at once - is thre any 3rd party add ons for VNC What do you mean by lock pc commands? Are you wanting to perform the equivalent of Lock Workstation, but remotely? Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: winVNC CPU Load
Kevin, You don't need to worry too much about the apps you run adding up to more than 100% of cpu time in total - the operating system (Windows XP) will simply divide the available resources between them. Because of the way that VNC operates, it is usually the case that the server can run using very little CPU even though normally it might take 40-50%. In effect, the server takes advantage of the extra CPU resource if it's available, but doesn't *require* it necessarily. Because VNC Server can cope with not having much CPU to use, your audio processing programs should be able to operate effectively alongside it. The best way to find out whether VNC will work on your system is to try it - it is free, after all, so you've lost nothing even if it won't work for you! Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. So as you can see I'm getting dangerously close to maxing out my CPU's power and winVNC seems to be the major source. Should winVNC be using so much CPU power, or am I doing something wrong? The audio software I'm running is not very graphically intense and there aren't that many screen updates so all the more reason why the CPU load shouldn't be so high. Any advice is most welcome! ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Windows clipboard problems
Are you running the vncconfig tool in the VNC server session on Solaris? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of gusmeister Sent: 05 December 2003 00:37 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Windows clipboard problems I've been unable to cutpaste between the Windows Clipboard and the VNC client. The FAQ and the archives suggest I should use Ctrl-Ins and Shift-Ins but that doesn't seem to work in my case. Is there something I'm missing? I'm using the latest version of VNC (client on Windows 2000 SP4, server on Solaris 8) ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
[Double-Click]
To those of you with double-click issues: Can you mail vnc-list with mail including [Double-Click] in the subject line, and the platforms VNC versions running on the viewer and server machines when you encounter the problem? If you only find the problem with certain machines, please indicate the viewer and server versions platforms and clearly indicate which combinations work and which don't. Hopefully that info should indicate the nature of the problem. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: how to tansfer files from xp to xp
Ali, The VNC clipboard supports exchange of text between the two hosts. File transfer is not available in the current VNC release or beta, not least because there are separate tools for that task. To transfer files between XP and XP, you might consider the existing Windows file sharing, if that can be made to work in your environment. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ali Emre Hortacsu Sent: 08 December 2003 02:47 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: how to tansfer files from xp to xp hi I'm trying to transfer files from an xp machine to another xp machine over vnc. Is this possible also What's the use of the clipboard? thanks ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Version 4 Beta performance issues
Karl, What speed network connection do you have between the machines? The Xilinx tools, if I remember correctly, like most other CAD type tools, seem to involve copious amounts of drawing layers of complicated diagrams, which could mean that the VNC Server or Viewer is becoming overloaded with graphical data and not having time to send mouse events. Network speed, viewer and server VNC versions and platform details would be useful to know, including any differences you've observed between 3.3.7 and 4. Thanks for the info provided so far! Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. Hi All... I also find that double-click performance with 4.0b4 is worse that 3.3.7. My only comparison is windows98/2000/xp all with 4.0b4. In particular, certain applications (such as the Xilinx development tools) are worse that others, but I can see some occasional problems even with double clicking on windows icons. Thanks, ...Karl ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Apparent socket problem - I still need help
Which platform is the problem machine running? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Elwin Green Sent: 06 December 2003 16:34 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Apparent socket problem - I still need help My issues described below are still unresolved, and I'm at a complete loss. Any help, anyone? --- Elwin Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, TCP/IP is there, and working. I can connect to my network, transfer files between machines, etc. To make sure TCP/IP is OK, I removed it and reinstalled it. Then I uninstalled VNC and reinstalled it as well. VNC's behaviors remained unchanged. I ventured into the Registry and found a folder named WinVNC3 in three different locations. These folders contained data values which sounded contrary to what I'm trying to do: AutoPortSelect and SocketConnect both had a value of 0x (0). I changed all instances to 0x0001 (1). VNC's behaviors remained unchanged. Any other suggestions, anyone? Elwin G. --- William Hooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Elwin Green said: When I try run vncserver on the second machine, the Current User Properties has the Accept Socket Connections box unchecked. If I check it and start vncserver again, the box appears unchecked again. The same thing happens with the Default Local System Properties. When I run vncviewer, I get an Error Creating Socket message. When I run vncviewer in Listen mode, I get this message: Error creating listening daemon. (Error binding Daemon socket)Perhaps another VNCviewier is already running? Do you have TCP/IP installed on this machine? -- William Hooper --- James Weatherall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Elwin, Check that both machines have TCP setup correctly. If it seems to be setup OK but doesn't work then try removing and reinstalling the TCP stack. __ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: newbie question from a non-tech person
You may find it simplest just to remove VNC 3.3.7 and upgrade to VNC 4b4, which is generally faster and more stable. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Valdes, Lauren E. Sent: 09 December 2003 19:26 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: newbie question from a non-tech person Hope that qualified it enough that this sort of thing really isn't my expertise. Nonetheless, I have to install the VNC server on all of the Internet accessible computers in our library. I have the viewer installed on my computer with no problems but am having some problems installing the VNC server on the other computers. [snip] ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Win98SE and beta4
The best way to find out why the server closed the session is to run it with the parameter -log *:file:0,Connections:file:30, which will cause a log file ot be generated in C:\temp, containing information such as connections and why they were dropped. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Operator (Andy Thomson) Sent: 10 December 2003 08:58 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Win98SE and beta4 I have a viewer running under Win98SE and three Servers. One on NT4.0 SP6, one on XP Pro and one on Win98SE. VNC is 4beta4 all over and I am running the server as a reg. service at all PCs. the NT4.0 PC and the XP PC are OK but the Win98 server lasts for about 6 hours then tells me when I signon again after inputting the password, server unexpectedly closed session. What does this mean? Does VNC not like 98se? -- Great Marlow School - http://www.gms.bucks.sch.uk Operator EMail - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Apparent socket problem - I still need help
You may simply need to reinstall your TCP stack. WinVNC requires Winsock2 to be available and will not work without it. (The Accept Socket Connections box will untick itself if Winsock2 is missing). Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Elwin Green Sent: 09 December 2003 02:58 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Apparent socket problem - I still need help Win98SE --- James Weatherall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which platform is the problem machine running? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Elwin Green Sent: 06 December 2003 16:34 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Apparent socket problem - I still need help __ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Windows clipboard problems
When you say it shuts down once every two hours, do you mean aftr two hours of interactive use, or two hours of the session just displaying output, with no input from the viewer? The default idle timeout of VNC 4 is one hour. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. Having said that, I should let you know that the RealVNC 4 viewer, for no apparent reason, shuts down regularly (about once every two hours) on Windows 2000 SP4. No real harm is done because when I re-run the viewer, all my server-side settings are still in place (open windows are still open, etc). It doesn't matter whether the RealVNC server is running on Windows or Solaris; the RealVNC client always shuts down every two hours or so. It's a beta, so this might be expected. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Problems connecting
Both computers have Static Ip's 192.168.1.101 and 102 I have my router currently setup to 5900-5900 -- 192.168.1.101 and 5901-5901 -- 192.168.1.102 If I put in the VNC viewer wanIP:0 I will connect to 101 ( or which ever is set for 5900 ) if I put in wanIP:1 I will get server not available. ( This should take me to 102 or whichever I have setup for 5901 ). A simple test - can you try using telnet to the two ports. i.e telnet wanip 5902 Should cause: RFB 003.007 Or similar to be printed. If this is not the case then there is something wrong with the port configuration of your router and that'll need fixing before the second VNC port can work. :( A second test is to verify that the ip addresses assigned to the two machines locally are definitely what you think they are. Wez ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Problems connecting
So both are listening on display 0 (which is port 5900). but when I try to connect to the computer setup for 5901 I cant connect, no matter which computer it is. Because both are listening on display 0 (which is port 5900). Both computers have Static Ip's 192.168.1.101 and 102 I have my router currently setup to 5900-5900 -- 192.168.1.101 and 5901-5901 -- 192.168.1.102 You need to set the 192.168.1.102 machine to display 1 (which is port 5901). Aha. William has found the actual problem! An alternative to his solution is to configure the router: wanip:5900 - .101:5900 wanip:5901 - .102:5900 Note that although the external ports have changed, the local ports are both 5900. Cheers, Wez ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Win98SE and beta4
Apologies - the -log syntax has changed slightly. Using the old syntax, it needs to be: -log *:file:0 -log Connections:file:30 Or even just -log *:file:100 To log everything to the file. Cheers, Wez I have tried that twice and all I get is `vnc password len=8` displayed in the DOS window where I run winvnc4 -log as below. I have looked in the program directory and c:\temp and no log files are produced. What am I doing wrong? The best way to find out why the server closed the session is to run it with the parameter -log *:file:0,Connections:file:30, which will cause a log file ot be generated in C:\temp, containing information such as connections and why they were dropped. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Win98SE and beta4
Andy, Does the server let you in if you try to connect a second time, or does it repeatedly close the connection in this manner? Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Operator (Andy Thomson) Sent: 11 December 2003 15:35 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Win98SE and beta4 Attached is the log. I am not sure what it all means but the server unexpectedly closed the last session at about 3:34pm. Connections: closed: 10.123.117.30::1434 (BitBlt failed: The parameter is incorrect. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: XP Home Edition Question
Eric, You need to check that you haven't used Fast User Switching or Remote Desktop, both of which can leave the VNC Server running in a desktop other than the one currently associated with the console. This would result in you getting a black screen. Another possibility is simply that the initial update is taking a long time to download from the server. The current release of VNC Viewer doesn't draw the first frame until all the data has been received, which makes it difficult to tell whether something is happening. The next release will fix this. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Richardson Sent: 12 December 2003 15:29 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: XP Home Edition Question I'm using a dsl router and have confirmed that the correct port are forwarded (5900). However, I always have trouble connecting from outside my home (like from work). I have connected successfully using the loopback feature (I only have one computer to try this on). When I try from outside, I get the password prompt, enter it, then I get a completly blank (black) screen. WinVNC is running as a service under the local system account. Does someone need to be logged in to the computer for this to work? Anyone else have this type of problem? --Eric Richardson _ Winterize your home with tips from MSN House Home. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: XP Veiwer Problems - Think it's caused by a MS Patch????
Peter, Is the XP box running ZoneAlarm? Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. I can rule out the ussally issues such firewalls / connection etc etc as I can access the remote machines using my W2k box (configured the same as the XP box other then ip address - they are 1 different). However if I try to connect to anything outside of my LAN with the XP box I get failed to connect to server ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Interactive Authorization
There was a little window appear aking the user something like this: Do you want to allow xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx to administer? Yes/No. You know VNC is a nice thing, but users are afraid of IT. They're afraid because they keep thinking that IT is the watchdog, IT watches every move they do. So they don't really appreciate when we just open up a connection. This feature is missing only from the current VNC 4 beta releases. The next release will have connection querying re-introduced. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: QueryConnect VNC4 Server
The Documentations says, When QueryConnect is enabled, incoming connections are first authenticated in the normal way. Depending on the access rights granted to the connecting user, a dialog will be presented on the server's desktop, displaying the IP address and username of the incoming connection I can't find where to toggle QueryConnect. QueryConnect is not available in the beta 4 release, but will be available in the next VNC 4 release, due in the new year. Apologies for the confusion! Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: CPU Usage
Does anyone know why the VNC server uses 15-18% of the CPU cycles on a few machines, but 75-85% on most of the others? I cannot find any difference in the settings. Does it depend on the video card? Yes, it can do. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: RealVNC 4 beta
Another function that I'm missing is the ability to save a connection. I'm using it to save the info of all the several servers to files and put them in my taskbar as a shortcut. Maybe a suggestion for you is to make it possible to link the file extension VNC to the viewer so just by double clicking a VNC configuration file will result in connecting to the machine. This already exists in VNC 4b4. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Clients get disconnected
That would seem to be the case for the Windows version but this is on Mac OS X. The viewer, or the server? The server is the part that needs configuring to have a longer timeout. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Clients get disconnected
I'm running OSXVNC 1.31 on a G4 running OS X Panther. When a remote user is inactive for about a minute they get disconnected. Can I change this behavior? Ignore my previous mail on this... You'll need to look at the OSXvnc docs. Chances are that if they implement idle timeouts then they'll also allow them to be reconfigured to something more sensible. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
*** VNC 4.0 / ZoneAlarm 4.5.530 Bug Resolution ***
*** VNC 4.0 / ZoneAlarm 4.5.530 Bug Resolution *** To all users of ZoneAlarm 4: ZoneLabs have confirmed that a bug in ZoneAlarm 4.5.530 can result in connectivity issues with certain applications, including VNC 4.0. Their recommended resolution is to revert to the previously-installed release of ZoneAlarm on affected systems, and to remain with that version until the next post-4.5.530 release of ZoneAlarm becomes available. Regards, The VNC Team *** VNC 4.0 / ZoneAlarm 4.5.530 Bug Resolution *** ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Mcafee Firwall Issue
Tim, It's possible that this is a timing issue. If VNC starts before the firewall then the firewall may not correctly pick up the service's incoming connection socket and may therefore lose connections. It may be worth asking McAfee about this - if it affects VNC then it will probably affect many other network services. What does the VNC tray icon say when you have rebooted and can't reconnect? Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. When I reboot the machine, I can not connect until I stop and restart the service again. It's like VNC is not registering with Mcaffe firewall, or Mcafee firewall is not detecting the VNC service. Ive tried allowing all connections types, and no filter on the VNC program with no luck. The only time VNC shows up as active in MCFW is when I stop and restart the service. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: [Double-Click]
Larry, What sorts of thing are you clicking on when the problem occurs? Are you clicking on things like Explorer shell icons? I found that if I triple-click, the double-click occurs. What may be happening is that the first click causes a screen update which causes a delay sufficient to prevent the double-click being detected, and that the second and third clicks then get through correctly and are processed as a double-click. If that is the case then single-clicking on an icon before you actually double-click it should work. If that works, we have a potential route to solving the problem. :) Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Resetting wallpaper problems
Install the service-helper registry setting so that WinVNC 3.3.7 knows who the current user is and can therefore keep the wallpaper correct. The next release of VNC 4 re-introduces the wallpaper disabling feature without this bug, by the way. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Mcafee Firwall Issue
Sorry, I meant the try icon tooltip text. The icon looks normal, just waiting to connect. No messages. Is there a log file that I could look in to see if VNC is seeing anything on the server. Which version of VNC are you running? Setting the dependencies to include the firewall service, as suggested by another user on the list, is probably the easiest quick-fix. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Mcafee Firwall Issue
Tim, You may find that there is already error information logged in the Applications Event Log on your system, with WinVNC4 as the event source name. You can cause a log file to be generated by the following: Remove the service with winvnc4 -unregister -stop Re-install the service with winvnc4 -register -log *:file:100 Then reboot the system. In order for this to work, there must be a TEMP directory in the root of the system drive. E.g. C:\TEMP. A WinVNC4.log file will then be generated there the next time the service starts, i.e. when the system next boots. The log file should include all errors debug info. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: Tim Macklenar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 18 December 2003 13:31 To: 'James Weatherall'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Mcafee Firwall Issue Im using the vnc4beta version. Not sure I saw the dependancy firewall suggestion but will search again. thanks tim Thanks Tim Macklenar TMAC's Custom Computers 972.529.9620 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.tmacscc.com -Original Message- From: James Weatherall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 6:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Mcafee Firwall Issue Sorry, I meant the try icon tooltip text. The icon looks normal, just waiting to connect. No messages. Is there a log file that I could look in to see if VNC is seeing anything on the server. Which version of VNC are you running? Setting the dependencies to include the firewall service, as suggested by another user on the list, is probably the easiest quick-fix. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: VNC for Jornada 728
www.conduits.com used to have VNCView.exe builds for a number of CE 2.x and 3 platforms. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. I would like a link to a version that works on a Jornada 720 or 728. Can anyone on this list help me. I just need a client. I wrote this email on Sunday, December 14, 2003 at 4:16:22 PM ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: vncserver authentication failed, too many tries
We are running a vncserver on HP-Unix. When we try to run the vncviewer on Windows, it asks for the hostname, and then the passwd. But once we enter the password it says 'authentication failed, too many tries'. I tried deleting the .vnc directory and running the vncserver again but still it didn't help. Let me know what should I do so that I can do away with the Authentication problem. Authentication failed, too many tries means that too many connection attempts have been made that have failed due to a suitable password not being supplied by the client. You should simply be able to wait for 10 seconds and the server will allow you to try again. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Alt Key not Getting Through
Which version of VNC Viewer are you running? Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. - Original Message - From: Jake Colman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 9:09 PM Subject: Alt Key not Getting Through At least for some apps, VNC seems to be eating my Alt key. If I run the same app under Exceed, I can press Alt-F, for example, to open the 'File' menu. But not when running under VNC. Any suggestions? -- Jake Colman Principia Partners LLCPhone: (201) 209-2467 Harborside Financial Center Fax: (201) 946-0320 902 Plaza Two E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jersey City, NJ 07311 www.principiapartners.com ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Windows 2003
On Mon, 29 Dec 2003, Seak, Teng-Fong wrote: I'm having problem with VNC and Win2003 from the very first day. However, I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with wrong password. I've just tried several times but still can't make it crash. People in this list told me to try VNC4 but I don't want to for it's still beta version. There are some changes in the semantics of the TCP stack under Windows 2003 which may affect old VNC Servers. You can install VNC 4 alongside VNC 3 in order to try it. VNC 4b4 is also remarkably stable. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Disabling Reg Key for DisableIcon
On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, Marvin E Barnett wrote: I would like to go a couple of steps further. Are there reg settings so that this will run as a service but not show up in the services window? I propose the same question where the vnc.exe does not show up in the task manager? Has this been implemented and if so can you please let me know the reg keys to add. Simply setting: HKLM\SOFTWARE\ORL\winvnc3\defaultAllowShutdown (DWORD) to 0 does not do what I am actually asking. I have been able to stop the service using w2k when this value has been set to 0. AllowShutdown will prevent non-Administrator users from shutting down the server. You must have been running as an Administrator when you tried it. There have been no legitimate reasons suggested for wanting to hide the tray icon under NT-based platforms, which is why it is not a feature. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: FW: V 3.3.7 on Windows (2k/xp pro) crashes and won't restart
Brian, I would recommend an upgrade to VNC 4b4, which won't display a dialog requiring user interaction if it crashes and, more importantly, will probably not crash in the first place... Cheers, -- James Weatherall [EMAIL PROTECTED] RealVNC Ltd. On Sat, 2004-01-03 at 18:34, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brian Greul Texas Shirt Company www.txshirts.com 713-802-0369 / 713-861-6261 (fax) -Original Message- From: Brian Greul Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 12:34 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject:V 3.3.7 on Windows (2k/xp pro) crashes and won't restart Hi, I'm wondering if anyone else has seen this happen? Problem: VNC crash and does not close preventing a restart. Symptom: 1. VNC runs 2. Clients can connect/disconnect 3. At some point a problem occurs. The message text is always the same. VNC crashes, a dialog box (stop) is displayed with a message about a c++ library. - At this point the dialog box will not close until local activity occurs. - You cannot remotely stop/start the VNC service because of this. I'm not so concerned about VNC crashing. Everything in Windows eventually crashes. However, it is frustrating that when installed in server mode and running as a service it continues to require desktop interaction. Most likely it is posting into a fatal error message and code is missing that would skip over this if either a) not in debug, or b) installed as a service, or C) option to display fatal error message is turned off (currently option is not available). This behavior is pervasive across Window 2000 pro, Server, Advanced Server, and Windows XP Pro.Some events that seem to lead up to this are: - Loss of connection (i.e. network connection issue) causing session to be closed - Copy of large amount of data to/from clipboard. - Large quantity of successive screen updates. My ideal solution is to surpess the dialog box when VNC crashes. Any ideas? Thanks, Brian Greul Texas Shirt Company www.txshirts.com 713-802-0369 / 713-861-6261 (fax) ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Windows 2003
Which version of VNC server are you running? Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 16:14, Agle, Matthew wrote: I have seen this in W2003 test servers that I am running... On Mon, 2003-12-29 at 05:48, ListGetterRyan wrote: Anyone have any problems getting VNC to stay running in Windows 2003? It loads up on boot but then if the wrong password is given the service crashes. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: MultiVNC (multiple monitor support)
Judge, VNC 4b4 already supports multiple monitors. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 16:04, Judge Maygarden wrote: Does anyone know where I can get a copyt of Jay Freeman's MultiVNC source distribution? His ftp site (ftp://ftp.saurik.com/pub/vnc/MultiVNC-0.0.1.src.zip) seems to be down. Also, is anyone else working on multi-monitor support for VNC? Judge Maygarden [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Windows 2003
Ryan, The most likely cause is a full Application Event Log, which will cause VNC Server 4 to exit when it discovers it can't log the current connection details. Can you verify that the Application Event Log is set to delete old entries as required? Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 17:22, ListGetterRyan wrote: Yes, I am still seeing this problem. It recurs for me using RealVNC v3 and b4, as well as the latest UltraVNC. Runs fine on my other w2k3 boxes, just doesn't like the database server for some reason (mysql, ms-sql, symantec antivirus server). I've set the vnc service to restart after failing, and after a reboot it will work for a few connects but then once it starts crashing it seems to take a left-turn into hell... ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Poll Full Screen in beta 4.0b4 ?
Leonard, The equivalent setting to Poll Full Screen is to un-tick Use Hooks on the Hooks property page. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leonard Jenkins Sent: 05 January 2004 00:27 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Poll Full Screen in beta 4.0b4 ? Does anybody know where this option has gone to in realvnc beta 4.0 ? ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Connection closes
Could be a dodgy firewall, dodgy network connection, or just that the VNC server has a very short idle timeout configured! Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of T. Valent Sent: 22 December 2003 09:55 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Connection closes What reasons can it have, if clients close the connection to the server, within 1-5 seconds after a successful password verification? Sometimes I can even move the mouse for a couple of seconds, then the client dies with no error message. This problem occurs with some Real-VNC Servers and any client from any host that connects, therefore I am quite sure this is a server issue. -- Regards, T. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Win2k to Win2k connection freezes/crashes
Mike, This sounds like a problem with your network setup at the viewer end (assuming it is the viewer computer that is encountering problems?) Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. --- Is there anything I can do to stop the connection from crashing and from reseting the servers IP address? Thanks ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Connection closes
When you say that this occurs with 2 out of 10 hosts only, do you mean that two machines have this behaviour when you run the viewer on them, or when you run the server on them? Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. --- Could be a dodgy firewall, dodgy network connection, or just that the VNC server has a very short idle timeout configured! I can exclude all these possibilities. I am the admin of this network and I can reach different hostst in this network easily and I have stable connections to them. The problem just occurs with 2 out of 10 hosts. It also occurs, if the VNC-session is being opened using the LAN only (host3 connects to host4, no WAN connection there). In this case there's no firewall or dodgy network connection. With the timeout, I am not sure, but I doubt that this can be the reason, because I'm running a default installation there and I did not modify anything. -- Regards, T. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Windows 2003
Ryan, I'd be very surprised if that was the cause, but it can sometimes be hard to tell with Windows. If possible, clearing the security log and then trying making some connections would be a helpful diagnostic. Do you get any WinVNC4 error messages logged in the Applications Event Log when it stops? Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ListGetterRyan Sent: 06 January 2004 18:06 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Windows 2003 The application log is only 25% full. But the security log is maxxed at 16MB - would that do it? All logs are set to overwrite old events as needed... - r -Original Message- From: James Weatherall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 9:01 AM To: ListGetterRyan Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Windows 2003 Ryan, The most likely cause is a full Application Event Log, which will cause VNC Server 4 to exit when it discovers it can't log the current connection details. Can you verify that the Application Event Log is set to delete old entries as required? Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 17:22, ListGetterRyan wrote: Yes, I am still seeing this problem. It recurs for me using RealVNC v3 and b4, as well as the latest UltraVNC. Runs fine on my other w2k3 boxes, just doesn't like the database server for some reason (mysql, ms-sql, symantec antivirus server). I've set the vnc service to restart after failing, and after a reboot it will work for a few connects but then once it starts crashing it seems to take a left-turn into hell... ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: VNC 4.0b4 bugs..
Jerry, Any further feedback on this? Did it turn out to be a window manager issue as previously suggested? Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry McBride Sent: 21 December 2003 00:56 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: VNC 4.0b4 bugs.. I've got some problems with the 4.0b4 linux binaries off the RealVNC website. 1-First show stopper is that the vncviewer popup does not forward the f8 key. Real PITA. 2-Setting the desired menukey on the command line effectively disables the popup. Using menukey=insert your key completely disables the popup... yuk. 3-Loading vnc.so crashes the server computer when a vnc client logs into it... real yuk. 4-Touching anykey while vncviewer popup is active is supposed to dismiss the popup... it doesn't. You've got to click on the dismiss buton... Perhaps the viewer isn't detecting keystrokes like it's expected to. -- ** Registered Linux User Number 185956 http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=ensafe=offgroup=linux Join me in chat at #linux-users on irc.freenode.net This email account no longers accepts attachments or messages containing html. 6:58pm up 80 days, 23:51, 8 users, load average: 0.01, 0.02, 0.00 ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Problem with Right Shift and Terminal Server Client
Greg, The uMapType change you suggest can't possibly work - uMapType=0 maps from virtual keycode to scancode, while uMapType=3 maps from scancode to virtual keycode. MapVirtualKey is used in the VNC 4 codebase purely to fake a scancode to associate with keyboard events, so that DOS prompts and other legacy applications can be used via VNC. You may have better luck running RDP2VNC to access terminal servers. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Breland Sent: 19 December 2003 21:31 To: Tight VNC Cc: RealVNC Subject: Problem with Right Shift and Terminal Server Client I am having problems with my right shift key when connecting to my Win2K box from my RH8 box using TightVNC 1.2.9 or RealVNC 4.0 client in combination with Terminal Server Client for Win2K. The shift key works fine directly on the Win2K box, however if I think Terminal into a Terminal Server of any sort (Win2K, WinXP, Win3K) the right shift key no longer responds. I have dug through the code and I think it might have something to do with Terminal Server doing something odd when grabbing keystokes and the fact that VNC fakes keyboard output in Win95 mode. Specifically, I think using uMapType = 3 instead of uMapType = 0 for the MapVirtualKey() call in vncKeymap.cpp might fix the problem since it will preserve right/left hand key notation. I don't have a Windows development system setup, so I can't try it. So here is what I would like to request. 1) Can someone please verify that this is a problem and not my setup. Can you VNC into a box and then use Terminal Services to another box? I can even provide a Terminal Box on the Internet to test with if needed. 2) Any thoughts about changing the uMapType mode if the VNC server is being run on a Win2K/3K/XP box? Any chance this could be the problem? Greg Breland ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Problems with VNC and USB mouse
Guys, Are you running any special mouse-handling software on the problem machines? Do you see the problem if you take the same mouse and try it with a different machine? Is the mouse described at the viewer or server machine? Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Hauchwitz Sent: 16 December 2003 22:50 To: 'Ourense Galicia'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Problems with VNC and USB mouse I exactly know what you're talking about, I'm having the same problems and no solution yet. VNC is configured correctly, and there is neither the Alt nor the Ctrl key locked. Mouse clicks only work within the taskbar, every other window loses the focus if you click on it and basically no mouse click works. I experienced that sometimes a right click immediately followed by a left click temporarily solves the problem, but that's not a work-around. The problem occurred after I installed a new USB wireless mouse, but since I'm 5000 miles away from that pc now, I can't verify that it's the mouse by reinstalling the old one/another one. I'm also having the same problem with UltraVNC. Mark. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ourense Galicia Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 6:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Problems with VNC and USB mouse Hello, When I open a remote connection to my windows XP the mouse don't work, I can move it around the screen but I can't click on any icon or button I use an optical, wireless, USB mouse Thanks in advance __ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Get user approval before taking control, for each connection
David, That depends on which version you are using. VNC 3.3.7 includes the QueryConnect option, which allows the user to be prompted to accept connections. VNC 4.0 Beta 4 does not yet implement QueryConnect, but the next VNC 4.0 release will. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of cec bcrepi Sent: 07 January 2004 13:51 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Get user approval before taking control, for each connection Hi everyone, When I take control on a Win98/2000/NT PC using the VNC, I want that the user will give me his approval to do so, for each connection. I am a new user in VNC and I read the documentation carefully. I didn't see any details about such an option. Does any one know if it's possible to do with VNC ? If not, can you recommend on another freeware/shareware application with such option in Windows 98 2000/NT environment ? Thanks a lot for your help, David. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Connection closes
Are you sure that you are running service-mode servers on the two problem machines, rather than connecting to app-mode instances? Have you restarted the problem machines and seen the problem continue? Does either machine have a screen-saver enabled? Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: T. Valent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 January 2004 16:06 To: 'James Weatherall'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Connection closes When you say that this occurs with 2 out of 10 hosts only, do you mean that two machines have this behaviour when you run the viewer on them, or when you run the server on them? When I run the server on them. All 10 hosts have the VNC-server started as service. On two of them, the problem (the remote viewer just gets closed without any notification, sometimes even after I have been able to see the screen for a couple of seconds and even been able to move the mouse for a second or so) occurs. It doesn't matter from which host I start the viewer. -- Regards, T. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: RE Dialup Internet VNC Use
The current VNC releases are designed to operate over TCP/IP. If you can set up a TCP/IP connection between the two machines, via dial-up (perhaps using PPP, for example) then you should be able to use VNC over the resulting connection. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Higgins, Jim Sent: 07 January 2004 17:33 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE Dialup Internet VNC Use Can the VNC application be used for dial-up internet access to a remote PC with the Server loaded on the remote? Jim Higgins Senior Systems Engineer ADC-Broadband Infrastructure and Access Group 630 Plaza Drive Suite 100 Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 Tel: 720-344-6272 Fax: 720-344-6286 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Learn about ADC - The Broadband Company at www.adc.com ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: HELP INSTALLING REALNVC SOFTWARE
Sharon, You need to install VNC Server on her machine, and VNC Viewer on yours. You then need to find her IP address (it will be displayed by the VNC Server tray icon) and specify that to the VNC Viewer in order to connect to her machine. You will also need to specify a password for the VNC Server. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pugrox Sent: 07 January 2004 18:11 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: HELP INSTALLING REALNVC SOFTWARE Hi, I'm an at home personal computer user trying to help my almost blind mother with her computer problems and she is in a city 50 miles away. I was hoping to install this software and be able to help her from my home computer because I can't always get to her place when she needs help. Can some explain to me in plain English how to set up this program. For example, I'm not sure what to put for Host, is it my IP address or her IP address. Also, how to fill out the client info. Please HELP. Thanks, Sharon ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Various issues about copy/paste between Xvnc and Win2K vncviewer
Lionel, You should use Xvnc 4b4 and remember to run vncconfig in the Xvnc session in order for the clipboard to work. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 22:49, Lionel Ulmer wrote: Hi all, Just wondering if anyone had the same issues than me : - with Xvnc 3.3.x and either vncviewer 3.3.x or 4.0b4, copy paste works fine except for copy / paste from GTK 1.x / 2.x apps. Basically, if I select something in an xterm, I can 'Ctrl-V' it in Windows. If I do the same in the text widget of a Gtk application, I can properly paste it in, for example, emacs or an xterm, but it won't change the Windows clipboard (ie I need to copy from Gtk, paste to emacs, re-copy and the paste in Windows). This may have something to do that in X, AFAIK, there are two selection buffers (primary and clipboard) and maybe Gtk only update one of them and VNC uses the other. Did not investigate more yet by looking at the Gtk code. - by testing Xvnc 4.0b4 + XFree 4.3.0, copy paste between Xvnc and vncviewer (whatever the version) does not work at all, be it for standard of Gtk apps (but there, keyboard works perfectly, even my French AZERTY one :-) ). So I am wondering what I could do to help debugging this (or how the clipboard handling is done in the VNC code for me to debug this a bit :-) ). Thanks, Lionel ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Keyboard/Mouse Lock?
Judge, Yes, VNC 3.3.7 supports disabling of the server's keyboard and mouse while a connection is active, as will the next VNC 4.0 release. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Judge Maygarden Sent: 08 January 2004 19:50 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Keyboard/Mouse Lock? Does any version of VNC support disabling the server's mouse and keyboard? Judge Maygarden [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
