OK.
Let me do a brief review:
1. A person can see in the Services list that VNC is
still running (when it is hung) at the remote machine
2. A person can see it in the Task list running
(when it is hung) at the remote machine
3. The hang occurs upon closing the VNC client window --
never during a session
A probe of the VNC server via telnet X.X.X.X:5900,
when the VNC server is hung, does not produce a reply
RFB 003.003
But a probe of the VNC server via telnet X.X.X.X:5900
does produce the reply RFB 003.003 even when
there is a VNC client connection to the same machine
being probed this way
4. If we stop and restart, VNC, as a service at the remote
server, manually, everything is fine again
5. The firewall lets VNC through, so it is hard to
pin the problem on the wirewall (by Norton, which is
running on the same machineas the VNC server)
6. The inability to reconnect occurs after working
with the machine for some time; if it is
reconnecting, I can disconnect and reconnect again
and again (exiting by closing the client window)
as many times as I wish
7. I have found a more sure way to assure reconnection
by running this script to disconnect:
NET STOP winVNC
NET START winVNC
[this closes my client window and restarts VNC
after I am gone]
As a Service I should not try:
winVNC -kill
winVNC -run
as -kill and -run does NOT apply to a Service
8. It is believed that the hang relates to having at
least one app. abnormally abort, but this
may simply be happenstance
I am running the latest AT&T release V. 3.3.3 R9
One reader (Seth) replied he heard of such a problem but
thought it was fixed in the current release.
***
Question.
Is someone still updating VNC who has an interest in fixing
this?
Yes, I could use Microsoft's Remote terminal client, but, I hate
Microsoft with a vengeance as they leave little room for 3rd
party products (like VNC !) :) And, I am familiar with VNC and
like it's ability to run, e.g., under NT4, etc.
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