james, I am using Windows XP on both clients. I am using the most current VNC 4. - Well the screen was rather black then gray, sorry for that mistake. The connection seemed to work one way - the server received the mouse move events from the client - but the client didn't receive any screen data.
regards, johannes kutsam > -----Urspr|ngliche Nachricht----- > Von: James Weatherall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Freitag, 17. Dezember 2004 15:20 > An: 'Johannes Kutsam'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: RE: listening client only gets gray screen- but mouse moves > > Johannes, > > Are you using a very old VNC Viewer / VNC Server? VNC Viewer > 4 wouldn't show a grey screen unless the server actually had > a grey screen - the initial state for VNC Viewer 4 is all > black. Which platforms are the two computers running? > > Regards, > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johannes Kutsam > > Sent: 17 December 2004 11:20 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: listening client only gets gray screen- but mouse moves > > > > I have a ComputerB behind a Firewall that i cannot change and a > > ComputerA behind another firewall both run WindowsXP. > > B is running a VNCServer. A is running the VNC listening client. > > The Firewall at A's network is configured to forward 5500 to A. > > When B add's A with "add new client" the following happens: > > > > a VNCVIEWER window pops up however it stays gray. If A moves the > > cursor however it really moves the cursor of B, even though > A does not > > see the mouse cursor rendered - just the small square. > > > > I wonder whether VNC is using any other ports to communicate. > > I have tried this scenario twice. Once with B and A and > again with a > > computer similar to B in another network (C and A) - the > result was > > the same. > > > > Could it be related to the vnc hooks, or fast user switching? > > > > > > (I am using VNC 4 - built on june 15. 2004 ) > > > > Thanks for any help, > > > > johanns kutsam > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
