Well, the reason I asked about ZRLE is that I seem to recall some issues
reported on this list in the past.
Does this post sound similar to your setup?
http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2004-July/046031.html
Mickey Ferguson wrote:
>No, I had not, and yes, that does seem to have allowed it to work
>properly. However, it makes updating the screen very slow. This, with
>a T1 connection on the viewer side, and a DSL connection on the remote
>(host) side.
>
>Here's a summary:
>
>ZRLE - crashes
>Hextile - works, but is very slow, nearly unusable.
>Raw - works, but is entirely unusable.
>
>Why should the viewer crash when using ZRLE? Is there something I can
>change in configuration that will resolve this? Perhaps it just needs a
>larger memory allocation (either at compile-time, or hopefully via a
>setting in the .vnc file)?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: B. Scott Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 10:33 AM
>To: Mickey Ferguson
>Cc: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: viewer crash when viewing graphics
>
>Have you tried specifying the Hextile encoding method (instead of ZRLE)
>in the viewer prior to connecting to see if it still happens?
>It might at least narrow the issue down...
>
>Mickey Ferguson wrote:
>
>
>
>>I never got a single reply to this question, so I'll try one more time.
>>(I was new to the list and my address might not have been validated
>>yet.) Any ideas what might be wrong?
>>
>>
>>When I try to connect from one PC to another, both of which are running
>>XP SP2, VNC Free Edition 4.1.1, screen resolution at 1280 x 1048, if
>>
>>
>the
>
>
>>host has a lot of graphics visible (such as viewing a picture), the
>>viewer crashes if I connect at highest resolution. Viewer settings
>>(taken from the saved .vnc file's Options section):
>>
>>[Options]
>>UseLocalCursor=1
>>UseDesktopResize=1
>>FullScreen=1
>>FullColour=1
>>LowColourLevel=2
>>PreferredEncoding=ZRLE
>>AutoSelect=1
>>Shared=0
>>SendPtrEvents=1
>>SendKeyEvents=1
>>SendCutText=1
>>AcceptCutText=1
>>Emulate3=1
>>PointerEventInterval=0
>>Monitor=\\.\DISPLAY1
>>MenuKey=F12
>>AutoReconnect=1
>>
>>If I keep everything in the file the same, except change the FullColour
>>value from 1 to 0, it doesn't crash.
>>
>>Is this a bug in the program? Something I can correct by way of
>>changing configuration, without having to sacrifice anything (such as
>>resolution, which I have to do by changing as above)?
>>
>>Thanks for any tips you can provide.
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