Hi. It appears that when vnc first connects it has about 30 seconds to do a full screen paint or it closes the connection. I've never timed it exactly but it's close to that.
I have 3 displays on my computer. When I use vnc clients from a dialup (or slow internet) connection, the screen pain makes it ALMOST to the last line and then vnc closes the connection. Sometimes I get a slightly better dialup connection and it paints a tad faster and makes it in just under the wire. I'd say at least 3 out of 4 connection attempts fail. I see there's an option to choose either a single display or all of them. I need so serve 2 of the 3 displays so that's no help. If my desktop is blank it can usually paint fast enough. If I have left a window open the extra data makes the send take longer and I get cut off. That's the catch-22. I can't send events to the server until the initial full refresh is done. If I was allowed to click the minimize button during the paint, I would at least be able to connect the next time with a blank desktop. How about an option so it doesn't have to shove a full refresh to the client upon conenction? That would be great to make a quick connection over dialup. Just have it paint updates after user interaction begins and I can refresh it at my leisure. Or maybe send the initial screen at a much lower rez so it's faster. I can choose a full refresh later on myself if needed. In any event, if the clients enforce the timeout then the server should be smart enough not to exceed that time. While I'm dreaming, I have another feature that would be great. I'd like to have the server prompt the local user to allow the connection. If the user does not respond after a server-configured timout, then allow the connection to proceed. What often happens is I tell people I'll connect in a little while (during a coffee break maybe) and fix whatever problem they have. I don't like to connect while people are in the middle of something. Warn the user that I want to connect, give them a minute to close MSN, email, payroll, whatever they are up to, and then they can let me on the system and go get a coffee. I hate having to fight over the mouse waving it around until they figure out that someone is using vnc. In practice, if I'm using this feature then odds are good someone is using the computer when vnc pops up the accept/reject dialog. It would have to be done properly so the user doesn't accidentally dismiss it with the enter key while they are typing away at an email or something. -Sean _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
