Graham, This sounds like a bug in the X core code relating to timers wrapping round (which happens every 49 days, if I remember correctly). See:
http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2005-February/049352.html Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Helwig Graham-A11558 > Sent: 28 February 2005 00:53 > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: RE: Unexplained VNC behavior > > Hello again, > > After a lot of experimentation and searching of the mailing > lists I'm still no closer to resolving this problem. Can anyone help? > > I'm invoking vncserver v4.0 on a SunOS(v5.8) machine using > the following command: > > vncserver -depth 8 -geometry 1280x1024 -cc 3 -alwaysshared > > This VNC session invokes dtwm. I'm viewing the vnc session on > a PC(Win2000 pro) using vncviewer v4.0. > > There is something definitely going wrong when I open some > pull down menus (particular the ones that control > closing/resizing etc). Once this occurs, then weird things > happen including: > - mouse clicks have no effect. > - mouse pointer shape/direction from right-left to > left-right. It does not return back to normal (right-left). > - I can enter text into existing xterm, but it won't appear > until I move the mouse. > It appears that the vncserver keeps on running but the mouse > and keyboard commands are not getting through. > > I've tried using different machines locally and remotely. > I've tried various vnc session window managers. I've tried > invoking dtwm using "dtwm", "dtsession" and "xsession". I got > the person on the remote end to replicate the same setup and > the same problems as I'm seeing. All without success. > > Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong or what is going wrong? > Is there any fix that I have missed? > > Thanks in advance. > Graham > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Helwig Graham-A11558 > > Sent: Monday, 21 February 2005 5:59 PM > > To: '[email protected]' > > Subject: Unexplained VNC behavior > > > > > > Hello, > > > > I have been trying to connect from my PC to a remote Sun > > machine using VNC version 4. I have been experiencing the > > following problems: > > > > 1) When I click on certain pull down menus in some > > applications running on the remote machine, the > > session freezes. Restarting the VNC viewer does not unfreeze > > them, I have to kill and restart the VNC server. On occasions > > I have been able to recover the frozen session by randomly > > typing a few keys on the keyboard. > > > > 2) For some applications (ie. gvim) I can enter text into it, > > while other applications I cannot (when I should be able to). > > > > I also experience the same behavior when I VNC into the > > remote Sun machine from other Sun machine. However other > > people can VNC into this remote Sun machine with out any problems. > > > > Any help will be appreciated. > > > > Regards > > Graham > _______________________________________________ > 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
