I've noticed similar issues when I use vnc viewer to access Solais on my laptop.
I find that if I press F8 and either select "Refresh", or "Send Ctrl-Alt-Del", or even just press "Return" several times, the password screen eventually come up. I don't know if this will work in your case. Ron michael schuster wrote: > All, > > I hope these are the right places for this question - if not, please > redirect and keep me on CC. thx. > > I've been sucessfully accessing a vnc session running on my workstation > in Menlo Park for the last few weeks. Today I tried to access this > session, only to find that I couldn't unlock this session if it had been > inactive for a few hours. > > here's what I did: > while in the Bay Area > - logged out of my X session on my workstation (just in case anybody > wanted to use it ;-) > - ssh'd into my WS and ran 'vncserver ....' > - ran 'vncviewer ...' > all without issue. Unlocking a session that had been idle overnight or > over the weekend: no problem. > > this morning, in Europe, I > - punched in (to .sfbay) > - tried the same 'vncviewer ...' command. All I got was a black screen > (ie the dialog prompting for my password didn't come up) > - after some time (5 minutes?), I ssh'd into my WS, 'vncserver -kill'ed > the vnc session, started a new one. > - 'vncviewer ...' worked fine (if noticably slower, what a surprise ;-) > - locking and immediately unlocking worked fine. > - punched out (including killing vncviewer), closed down laptop, left > for extended lunch break > - punched back in, vncviewer again shows me only blank screen. I waited > a little, no change. I even tried remote display of a vncviewer running > on my WS (it was sluggish), but I didn't get to unlock the session. > > TIA for any ideas. > Michael -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ron Marshall Technology Specialist Sun Microsystems of Canada Inc. Phone: (905)943-4639 Email: ron.marshall at sun.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation. -- Roberto Benigni
