Greetings all, I am trying to deploy a VNC server/viewer combination at one of my company's client sites, and we are having some persistent problems.
This is on a RedHat 7.3 server, accessed via a Windows XP Pro PC. We've tried several versions and distros of VNC, including the 3.3.3r3 version that came with RedHat, TightVNC 1.2.9, and even RealVNC 4.0b4. In each case we have used the same version viewer and server. The servers are setup via xdm, and the /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers file is as follows: :1 local /usr/bin/Xvnc :1 -rfbauth /root/.vnc/passwd -deferUpdate 40 -DisconnectClients=0 -nevershared -desktop vnc1 -depth 16 -geometry 1280x1024 :2 local /usr/bin/Xvnc :2 -rfbauth /root/.vnc/passwd -deferUpdate 40 -DisconnectClients=0 -nevershared -desktop vnc2 -depth 16 -geometry 1280x1024 :3 local /usr/bin/Xvnc :3 -rfbauth /root/.vnc/passwd -deferUpdate 40 -DisconnectClients=0 -nevershared -desktop vnc3 -depth 16 -geometry 1280x1024 :4 local /usr/bin/Xvnc :4 -rfbauth /root/.vnc/passwd -deferUpdate 40 -DisconnectClients=0 -nevershared -desktop vnc4 -depth 16 -geometry 1280x1024 All exhibit the following behavior: When connecting to any one of these servers, and consequently presented with the xdm login screen, everything is normal and we are able to log in normally. About 90% of the time, logging the user out of his/her Linux session (choosing "logout" from the window manager) causes the VNC viewer application to quit (or crash?). HOWEVER, occasionally it keeps running, and we return gracefully back to the xdm login screen. In this circumstance the screen updates only when the mouse is moved, and when text is entered via the keyboard it does not show unless the mouse is moved, at which point the screen updates. If we go ahead and log in, this behavior continues. If we kill and restart the VNC Viewer client everything returns to normal. There was a post related to these same symptoms on August 14th. I have tried playing with the deferUpdate option. With it set at 0 I get very strange behavior which I haven't been able to pin down, such as the network going down. I have a nervous client that is not wanting to trust VNC because of the inconsistency. Anyone able to help out? Thanks a lot, Bill Nassauer _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
