Mike, 192.168.1.21 looks like an address allocated by DHCP. Are you _sure_ that the server machine is still using that address by the time you try to connect with the VNC Configuration file? If possible, it's usually better to use a machine's name rather than its IP address, since DHCP-allocated IP addresses will change dynamically whereas names normally won't.
Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Barnes > Sent: 01 February 2005 09:47 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Newbie, Windows XP, "-config" causes viewer to hang > > I've just downloaded RealVNC onto my Windows XP Home system. It works > well connecting to another Windows XP Home system here on the LAN. > Actually it works well *only* if run it from the Start menu > item created > by the install program. When I try to run the viewer with a > configuration file, it always fails. > > Specifically: I start the viewer, observe the proper server address in > the dialog box, click on OK, it connects and works fine. I do F8, > Options, Defaults, Save Configuration File As, specify a place on my > hard disk, I get "Options saved successfully". I disconnect, > navigate my > way to the VNC file I just saved, and double-click on it > expecting it to > connect. What actually happens is that I get a grey box in > the middle of > the screen saying "Attempting to connect to host..." with the Cancel > button disabled. Nothing further happens. "End Task" is the only way > out. > > I tried alternate ways of invoking the config file, in a > shortcut and at > the command prompt: > > "C:\Program Files\RealVNC\VNC4\vncviewer.exe" -config > D:\Jukebox\WHITE.vnc > > The effect is the same. I don't know what to try next. Any ideas? > > It's "VNC Viewer for Win32 4.0 Built on Jun 15 2004 at 14:29:29". > The contents of the configuration file are: > > [Connection] > Host=192.168.1.21 > [Options] > UseLocalCursor=1 > UseDesktopResize=1 > FullScreen=0 > FullColour=1 > LowColourLevel=1 > PreferredEncoding=hextile > AutoSelect=1 > Shared=0 > SendPtrEvents=1 > SendKeyEvents=1 > SendCutText=1 > AcceptCutText=1 > Emulate3=0 > PointerEventInterval=0 > Monitor=\\.\DISPLAY1 > MenuKey=F8 > > -- > Mike Barnes > _______________________________________________ > 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
