David, It's normal to see that message immediately after a pixel format change. If you see it anywhere else, then it indicates that the viewer was sent an empty cursor by the server.
Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: David Balazic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 01 September 2004 13:55 > To: 'David Balazic'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'James Weatherall' > Subject: RE: No cursor shown with VNC/UltraVNC1.00R18 combination > > It prints this twice : > > CView: attempting to render invalid local cursor > > Here is the complete output : > VNC Viewer 4.0 - VNC Viewer for Win32, Version 4.0 Built on > Jun 15 2004 at 14:29:29 Copyright ? RealVNC Ltd. 2002-2004 > > Registry: duplicated 80000001 to 80000001 > RegConfig: unable to process dummy > Threading: created RegConfig(844760) > Registry: duplicated 50 to 58 > Threading: started RegConfig(844760) > Registry: duplicated 80000001 to 80000001 > MsgWindow: creating window "CViewManager" > RegConfig: RegReaderThread started > RegConfig: waiting for changes > MsgWindow: null _this in 2f040e, message 24 > MsgWindow: null _this in 2f040e, message 81 > MsgWindow: null _this in 2f040e, message 83 > MsgWindow: created window "CViewManager" (2f040e) > Threading: created Native(8447f0) > Threading: created CView(844878) > Threading: started CView(844878) > MsgWindow: creating window "Clipboard" > MsgWindow: null _this in 2e0498, message 24 > MsgWindow: null _this in 2e0498, message 81 > MsgWindow: null _this in 2e0498, message 83 > MsgWindow: created window "Clipboard" (2e0498) > Clipboard: local clipboard changed by b03ac > Clipboard: no clipboard notifier registered > Clipboard: registered clipboard handler > CView: null _this in 580448, message 36 > CView: null _this in 580448, message 129 > CView: null _this in 580448, message 131 > CView: created window "VNC Viewer 4.0b" (580448) > Threading: created ConnectingDialog(a4fecc) > Threading: started ConnectingDialog(a4fecc) > Threading: joining ConnectingDialog(a4fecc) > Threading: stopped ConnectingDialog(a4fecc) > Threading: checking ConnectingDialog(a4fecc) > Threading: joined ConnectingDialog(a4fecc) > Threading: destroying ConnectingDialog(a4fecc) > Threading: already joined ConnectingDialog(a4fecc) > Threading: destroyed ConnectingDialog(a4fecc) > keycode=1 > selected 1 > RegConfig: unable to process dummy > RegConfig: waiting for changes > CConnection: reading protocol version > CConnection: Server supports RFB protocol version 3.6 > CConnection: Using RFB protocol version 3.3 > CConnection: processing security types message > CConnection: processing security message > Dialog: string[1005]= > Dialog: enable[1005]=0 > > Wed Sep 01 14:52:02 2004 > CConnection: processing security result message > CConnection: processing security result message > CConnection: Authentication success! > Clipboard: change clipboard chain (220134, 0) > > Wed Sep 01 14:52:03 2004 > CConnection: reading server initialisation > CView: setDesktopSize 1024x768 > DIBSection: one of area or format not set > MonitorInfo: moveToMonitor > MonitorInfo: monitor=10001 > MonitorInfo: monitor is 0,0-1024,768 > MonitorInfo: work area is 0,0-1024,768 > MonitorInfo: device is "\\.\DISPLAY1" > CView: setName opticus ( 10.49.2.22 ) > CConnection: initialisation done > CView: getNativePF() > DeviceContext: BitFields format: 32, (ff0000, ff00, ff) > CView: requesting initial update > DIBSection: area=786432, bpp=8 > DIBSection: recreateBuffer() > DIBSection: refreshing palette > DIBSection: creating 6-bit TrueColour palette > DIBSection: refreshing palette > CView: Using pixel format depth 8 (8bpp) rgb max 3,3,3 > shift 4,2,0 > CView: getNativePF() > DeviceContext: BitFields format: 32, (ff0000, ff00, ff) > CView: Using ZRLE encoding > CView: attempting to render invalid local cursor > CView: Throughput 20270 kbit/s - changing to hextile encoding > CView: Throughput 20270 kbit/s - changing to full colour > DIBSection: area=786432, bpp=16 > DIBSection: recreateBuffer() > DIBSection: preserving bitmap contents > CView: Using pixel format depth 16 (16bpp) little-endian rgb565 > CView: getNativePF() > DeviceContext: BitFields format: 32, (ff0000, ff00, ff) > CView: Using hextile encoding > CView: attempting to render invalid local cursor > > > > ---------- > > From: James Weatherall[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 31. avgust 2004 17:53 > > To: 'David Balazic'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: No cursor shown with VNC/UltraVNC1.00R18 combination > > > > David, > > > > It sounds as though their server isn't handling locally-rendered > > cursors properly. > > > > To check what the viewer is seeing, you can try running > your vncviewer > > with the command-line: > > > > vncviewer -console -log=*:stderr:100 <host> > > > > to see whether it prints any messages regarding the cursor. > > > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Balazic > > > Sent: 31 August 2004 14:23 > > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > > Subject: No cursor shown with VNC/UltraVNC1.00R18 combination > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > I have UltraVNC 1.00 RC18 on Windows NT 4.0 Server SP6 as > "server". > > > Client is VNC 4.0 on Win2000Pro-SP4. > > > > > > There is no cursor visible, when I connect to the remote desktop, > > > except for that little square. > > > If I use VNC3.3.7 as client, there is no proble. If I use > UltraVNC > > > 1.00RC18 as client,then again there is no problem ( > regadless of the > > > viewers "Mouse Cursor" option, both "Track remote cursor locally" > > > and "Let remote server deal with mouse cursor" > > > work ). > > > > > > I also see , that if in VNCViewer 4.0 the option > "Misc/Render cursor > > > locally" is turned OFF, then the cursor is visible. If it it ON ( > > > which is the default ), then the cursor is NOT visible. > > > > > > I did not have this problem before, when the server was runing > > > VNCserver 3.3.7. > > > I also do not have this problem with another server system ( also > > > running WinVNC 3.3.7 ) > > > > > > Regards, > > > David > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -------------- > > > ----------- > > > http://noepatents.org/ Innovation, not litigation ! > > > --- > > > David Balazic mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > HERMES Softlab http://www.hermes-softlab.com > > > Zagrebska cesta 104 Phone: +386 2 450 8851 > > > SI-2000 Maribor > > > Slovenija > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -------------- > > > ----------- > > > "Be excellent to each other." - > > > Bill S. 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