David, Yes, that is correct. But if the viewer stops responding, for example because its computer has crashed and needed to be reset, then the server will not be notified of the viewer closing and the connection will never be cleaned up.
Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: Pesetsky, David S (GE Energy) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 29 July 2005 16:47 > To: James Weatherall; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: VNC4.0 Viewer dies after a while > > What do you mean a "dead connection"? If I close the viewer, > everything is cleaned up, correct? > > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Weatherall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 11:42 AM > To: Pesetsky, David S (GE Energy); [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: VNC4.0 Viewer dies after a while > > > David, > > We definitely don't recommend IdleTimeout be set to zero, > since this means > that dead connections are never cleaned up and results in > long-term loss of > resources. > > You should ideally set the timeout to a value tailored to > your use of VNC. > > Regards, > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Pesetsky, David S (GE Energy) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 29 July 2005 16:31 > > To: James Weatherall; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cc: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: VNC4.0 Viewer dies after a while > > > > I modified them both. Now I've upgraded to 4.1, and we'll see > > if that fixes it (with idletime = 0). > > > > Thanks! > > Dave > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: James Weatherall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 11:14 AM > > To: Pesetsky, David S (GE Energy); [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cc: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: VNC4.0 Viewer dies after a while > > > > > > David, > > > > Are you sure that you have modified the correct VNC Server > > configuration - > > there are both User-Mode and Service-Mode configurations, > > which are entirely > > independent. > > > > Regards, > > > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pesetsky, > > > David S (GE Energy) > > > Sent: 29 July 2005 15:30 > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Cc: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: RE: VNC4.0 Viewer dies after a while > > > > > > Yes, mine dies after 1 hour. I even put 9999999 in for idle > > > time, but it doesn't seem to pay attention. Maybe I should > > > upgrade to v4.1... > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 3:44 PM > > > To: Pesetsky, David S (GE Energy) > > > Cc: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: VNC4.0 Viewer dies after a while > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dave, > > > > > > You might check the user mode settings>connection>disconnect > > > idle clients. Specifically: > > > > > > start>realvnc>vnc server 4 (user-mode)>configure user mode > > > settings> connections > > > > > > Mine is at default of 3600 seconds. Is yours dieing > after an hour? > > > > > > Tom > > > > > > > > > The information contained herein is GOODYEAR PROPRIETARY > > > information and includes GOODYEAR CONFIDENTIAL information. > > > Reproduction of > > > this > > > document, disclosure of the information, and use for any > > > purpose other than to conduct business with Goodyear is > > > expressly prohibited. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Pesetsky, David S \(GE Energy\)" > > > > > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > To > > > > > > <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > > > cc > > > 07/28/2005 02:45 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Subject > > > > > > VNC4.0 Viewer dies after a while > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I noticed the VNC4.0 viewer goes away if I do nothing with it > > > after a while. I read somewhere it may not like the remote > > screensaver > > > coming on? I have Windows 2000. We are not allowed/able to > > > disable the screensaver. Is that the problem, and are there > > > work-arounds? > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > Dave > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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
