Frank, As is stated in the documentation, the current VNC release is not compatible with Fast User Switching.
Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frank Hamersley > Sent: 11 September 2004 07:45 > To: VNC List (E-mail) > Subject: RE: Strange viewer behaviour - black non resizable > screen - WinXP SP2? > > James, > > FUS is in use on the machine but I'm not sure if any profiles > were in use at the time. Certainly the screen-save timeout > had occurred because I recall this was presented to via VNC. > As a rule the other users of the system don't log out and > given it had only been turned on that morning to access > hotmail I suspect at least 1 FUS session was established. > > RD has never has been used on this PC. > > The only other point to make is this machine is (at 128M) > quite memory stressed and thrashes the HDD mercilessly from > time to time (one day I'll get some more RAM for it). > Perhaps WinXP itself wasn't keeping its end of the bargain in > a timely fashion? > > Regardless the viewer reacted quite badly to the (presumably) > mixed signals coming from the server. I will keep monitoring > the situation. > > Cheers, Frank. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of James Weatherall > Sent: Friday, 10 September 2004 7:54 PM > To: 'Frank Hamersley'; 'VNC List (E-mail)' > Subject: RE: Strange viewer behaviour - black non resizable > screen - WinXP SP2? > > > Frank, > > Had you been using Fast User Switching or Remote Desktop beforehand? > > Cheers, > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frank Hamersley > > Sent: 10 September 2004 01:22 > > To: VNC List (E-mail) > > Subject: Strange viewer behaviour - black non resizable > screen - WinXP > > SP2? > > > > Config is ... > > VNC4.0 Client on W2K dialup (ie.slow) to Internet > > SSH tunnel terminated on Linux 7.3 DMZ host using PuTTY 0.55 > > Port 5900. > > VNC4.0 Server on WXPPro SP2 FW enabled > > Behind Linux 8.0 bastion iptables FW on a cable link. > > tcp/5900 routed (forwarded) from Linux 7.3 to WinXP Pro host > > > > Initial connection proceeded normally - VNC Server password was > > entered and the viewer window opened to show the XP Login screen. > > Selected a user id and entered the Win password. > > Viewer then opened to a black screen. > > > > Curiously when I minimised the screen and then tried to enlarge it > > only opened a small window with no screen display > > - only big enough to show VNC in the title bar and the standard _OX > > icons at the top right. > > > > This window was not resizable - although I could switch to > FullScreen > > (still > > black) and back to Minimised. > > > > Eventually I closed this and opened another Viewer session > which after > > soliciting the VNC password displayed a VNC Viewer:Error panel - > > "SelectObject to CompatibleDC failed: > > The operation completed successfully. > > (0)" [OK] > > > > Will post more details when I get home and can test from behind the > > bastion FW. I suspect SP2 is complicit - are there any > other likely > > possibilities? > > > > Regards, > > Frank. > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
