John, I'm afraid that you are mistaken. In the example you give, either
<ipaddr>::4918 Or <ipaddr>:4918 Are valid, and will work. <ipaddr>::4918:19 is not a valid server specification but happens to work because of the way VNC Viewer interprets the port/display number specification. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: John Lumby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 20 October 2006 21:33 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] > Subject: RE: setting server rfb port to non-default - on the vncviewer > > James Weatherall wrote > > >John, > > > >No, you don't - the syntax you are specifying to your VNC Viewer > >(host::port:display) is not valid. The two valid syntaxes are: > > > >Host:port_or_display (display if 0-99, port otherwise) > >and > >Host::port (always port) > > > >i.e. you specify *either* a VNC display number *or* a TCP > port number. VNC > >display numbers 0-99 are just a short-hand for TCP port > numbers 5900 to > >5999. > > I hate to argue with someone who has a realvnc email but my recent > experience is in direct contracdiction of what you have written: > > 1). I started my vncserver with options > vncserver :19 -geometry 1440x1062 -name xxxxx -rfbport 4918 > (I can explain why but not relevant) > > Here is the Xvnc process: > Xvnc :19 -desktop xxxxxx ... -geometry 1440x1062 ... -rfbwait 120000 > -rfbauth yyyy -rfbport 5919 -fp ... -rfbport 4918 > NB the two -rfbport options. - the first (I assume) > always specified, > and the second from my vncserver option. And to show > which one took > precedence: > .... here is netstat output to show which port it > actually is listening > on: > > netstat -an | egrep -e "4918|5919" > tcp4 0 0 *.4918 *.* > LISTEN > tcp4 0 0 <ipaddr>.4918 <other_ipaddr>.34849 > ESTABLISHED > > > 2) and now here is the command I used on my workstation to > connect : > vncviewer -geometry 1440x1062 -passwd zzzzz <ipaddr>::4918:19 > </dev/null & > and that worked. > > Does that convince you? If not - try it! > > John > > _________________________________________________________________ > Experience Live Search from your PC or mobile device today. > http://www.live.com/?mkt=en-ca _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
