Hi Raphael, I haven't been using RealVNC for a very long time and since my installation went very smooth, I'm not too sure about the messages below.
Can you send along the exact commands that you used to execute Xvnc/vncviewer/etc...? Leonard Leblanc IT Manager Emerge - environmental information solutions Suite 305-250 McDermot Ave. Winnipeg MB R3B 0S5 phone: 204.772.7239 fax: 204.775.7946 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: www.emergeknowledge.com -----Original Message----- From: Raphael Zulliger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 10:11 AM To: Leonard Leblanc Subject: Re: customer support with VNC (both PC behind a firewall) first of all: thanks for your answer! i've tried to perform all the steps you've described. what i've done (in short): - linux box 1: started Xrealvnc with your parameters (except the java stuff) - windows box 1: started vncviewer in listen-mode - windows box 2: started vncserver and "said" add new client, added then linux-box 1:port linux box 1 then "sees" the connecting windows box 2, but stops with an error: Got connection from client 192.168.1.33 Protocol version 3.3 Pixel format for client 192.168.1.33: 128 bpp, depth 3, little endian true colour: max r 2048 g 256 b 1792, shift r 7 g 0 b 3 rfbSetTranslateFunction: client bits per pixel not 8, 16 or 32 Client 192.168.1.33 gone Statistics: framebuffer updates 0, rectangles 0, bytes 0 (note: "true colour" is not right here, this "screenshot" was taken with the linux box2 (see below), important seams to be the 128 bpp) i've played around with resolution and color-depth of my windows (by really changing the settings in control panel). i also changed windows box 2 (the one that finally should share it's display) by an other linux box, then i got 17/02/04 17:02:00 Got connection from client 192.168.1.33 17/02/04 17:02:00 Protocol version 3.3 17/02/04 17:02:00 Pixel format for client 192.168.1.33: 17/02/04 17:02:00 0 bpp, depth 3, little endian 17/02/04 17:02:00 true colour: max r 2048 g 256 b 1792, shift r 7 g 0 b 3 17/02/04 17:02:00 rfbSetTranslateFunction: client bits per pixel not 8, 16 or 32 17/02/04 17:02:00 Client 192.168.1.33 gone 17/02/04 17:02:00 Statistics: 17/02/04 17:02:00 framebuffer updates 0, rectangles 0, bytes 0 i really have no clue how to change the "bpp"'s... (as far as i understood, the bpp have to be the same for both system! but how to adapt them?) could someone help me, please. thanks! raphael zulliger Leonard Leblanc wrote: >Hi Raphael, <SNIP> > > # Xvnc -geometry 1024x768 -depth 16 -httpd /usr/local/vnc/classes >-httpport 80 -alwaysshared & > >I then start the vncviewer in listen mode to use the virtual display >created by Xvnc: > > # vncviewer -listen -shared -display :0 -viewonly -fullscreen >-geometry 1024x768 -noauto -depth 16 & > >On the windows PC that I want to share, I start the VNC Server software >and use the "Add Client Connection" option to connect to the listening >vncviewer on the linux server (port 5500, this is the default). This >displays the windows desktop on the virtual linux display that was >setup. > >The viewing machine then uses (in my case) the Java viewer applet to >access the virtual display on port 80. You can also use the VNC viewer >software (windows or linux) to connect to this as well. > <SNIP> _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
