Re: VNC Fails when Screen Saver with Resume Password

2004-11-24 Thread William Hooper
John said: > Hi - > > > VNC Viewer client fails to connect to WinVNC server ONLY if Screen Saver > is active AND set with password resume. If no Password, then VNC gets > thru screen save just fine. You must be running VNC as a service for it to work during login screens (both at bootup and after

Windows vncviewer question

2004-11-24 Thread Osho GG
Hi, I have a question regarding windows vncviewer that I could not find an answer for in online documentation or FAQ. I am trying to set up vncviewer such that the password does not have to be supplied. The way I did this on my linux machine was doing something like vncpasswd give the passwo

Re: Java Viewer

2004-11-24 Thread Bill @ PondExpo.com
Thanks very much William...This got things going...but it seems I can't always make connection with the Java Viewer method...sometimes it works and sometimes notWhen I don't connect, the screen says "done" but nothing is on the screen...Only blank. Looks like it just doesn't load...I tried

VNC Fails when Screen Saver with Resume Password

2004-11-24 Thread John
Hi - VNC Viewer client fails to connect to WinVNC server ONLY if Screen Saver is active AND set with password resume. If no Password, then VNC gets thru screen save just fine. I'm hoping this topic has been covered here, and there is a popular answer. I suspect that this problem exists wit

VNC Server for Mac OS X?

2004-11-24 Thread Engelhardt, Richard
Please excuse me if this is a FAQ. I've just recently subscribed, and I didn't find the answer I needed from searching the archives (which, hopefully, isn't indicative of poor search skills!). If this is a FAQ, I'd appreciate any pointers to information posted elsewhere. At the College I work at

RE: Building Win32 binaries from source?

2004-11-24 Thread Mike Scott
Hey James, Your tip has me searching the IDE again. AHA! Under Build, there is an option called "Set Active Configuration...". This is where you choose this setting, specifically "winvnc - Win32 Release". Just recompiled, and I now have an EXE -sweet! (I'm elaborating my steps for anyone read

RE: configure FC2 and WIN XP Pro

2004-11-24 Thread kate
That was it! many thanks... in fact, this email is written to you from the FC2 machine VNC'd into the WINXP box, using IE to access my yahoo email... Thank you and everyone for your help, Kate James Weatherall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Kate, I just noticed that you said you "never set a pas

RE: configure FC2 and WIN XP Pro

2004-11-24 Thread James Weatherall
Kate, I just noticed that you said you "never set a password on the XP box". Bear in mind that VNC Server won't accept incoming connections until *either* you set a password *or* you explicitly tell it to accept connections without requiring a password. Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -Original Mess

RE: Building Win32 binaries from source?

2004-11-24 Thread James Weatherall
Mike, You need to build Release or Debug, not Debug_Unicode. Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Scott > Sent: 24 November 2004 18:17 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Building Win32 binaries fr

RE: configure FC2 and WIN XP Pro

2004-11-24 Thread kate
--- James Weatherall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kate, > > Has the XP box has Fast User Switching or Remote > Desktop used on it before > you try to connect with VNC, or is it locked & the > VNC Server running in > User-Mode? > > 192.168.1.10, 192.168.1.10:0 and 192.168.1.10:5900 > all mean the

RE: configure FC2 and WIN XP Pro

2004-11-24 Thread James Weatherall
Kate, Has the XP box has Fast User Switching or Remote Desktop used on it before you try to connect with VNC, or is it locked & the VNC Server running in User-Mode? 192.168.1.10, 192.168.1.10:0 and 192.168.1.10:5900 all mean the same thing to the VNC Viewer. Since you are trying to connect TO th

RE: Building Win32 binaries from source?

2004-11-24 Thread Mike Scott
Thanks James, Your note renewed my interest in trying to figure this out (Remember that I have never used MSVC6 - all my C experience is outdated command line compiler stuff). Options under the Build menu didn't really do anything. I just discovered that you can set the Active Project, and the c

RE: Starting service in windows safe

2004-11-24 Thread Yoram S.
Dear James, I'm running VNC 4.0 on windows 98/2000/XP Thanks, Joe ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list

RE: configure FC2 and WIN XP Pro

2004-11-24 Thread kate
--- kate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What did I miss in the setup? > > fc2 box- > localhost:1 | promptforpasswd > success, see own > desktop > > fc2 try vnc neighboring WINXP_Pro box- > 192.168.1.10:0 Gets passwd prompt then dies > 192.168.1.10:1 No passwd prompt, dies > 192.168.1.10:5900 ge

RE: Starting service in windows safe

2004-11-24 Thread James Weatherall
Joe/Yoram, Which platform are you running the VNC Server on? Which version of VNC are you running? Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Yoram S. > Sent: 24 November 2004 17:04 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE:

RE: configure FC2 and WIN XP Pro

2004-11-24 Thread kate
--- Vince <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > if you get prompted for the pass, you ARE > connected... > in case you need the display number, > try 192.168.1.10:0 or 192.168.1.10::5900 > > ViNCe > > if you want to test if your vnc server can be seen > from outside (internet) > try http://Scan.SimBox.NL

RE: Building Win32 binaries from source?

2004-11-24 Thread James Weatherall
Mike, The VNC 4 source code is designed to be built under MSVC 6. You just load it and build the relevant project, or batch build them all. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > Subject: Building Win32 binaries from source? > > Hello, > > I wish to make some code tweaks specific to my needs, but >

RE: How to change encryption key?

2004-11-24 Thread James Weatherall
Brandon, Changing the encryption key of the password stored in the registry will provide a false sense of security, since anyone who can read it will be able to brute-force attack it in order to work around you having changed the obfuscation key. It can't be read by sniffing the network since the

RE: Overhead....

2004-11-24 Thread James Weatherall
Tom, VNC 4.0b4 is a very old release - you should upgrade to the full 4.0 release, or to VNC 4.1 when it is released, or buy Enterprise Edition. :) What is the actual effect you are seeing, precisely? What is your reasoning in saying that "VNC overhead" that is responsible? To what overhead are

Re: VNC on fedora core 2 - now connecting but still errors

2004-11-24 Thread Tim Waugh
On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 04:17:04PM +, Darren Goulston wrote: > ok i got it connecting now.. was my fault how stupid... had the server > trusting eth1 instead of eth0 which the cable is plugged into.. lol.. > > anyways i connects with pwd but i still have the errors below and vnc is > not looki

RE: Starting service in windows safe

2004-11-24 Thread Yoram S.
Alan, Thanks for the response, actually VNC can be accessed when windows is in safe mode, with networking enabled. That is when I start VNC manually (-run switch), but when the VNC service is installed it cannot be started in safe mode. This means tat for tech support I have to have someone sit

RE: Starting service in windows safe mode

2004-11-24 Thread Alan Watchorn
Joe, Safe Mode usually means that Windows thinks there is something seriously wrong with your system and is designed to start a minimal set of programs so that you can get your system back working. I don't think that is compatible with remote support for the tasks you mention (cleaning viruses, e

Re: Java Viewer

2004-11-24 Thread William Hooper
Bill @ PondExpo.com said: > I can't find where the download or file is located or how you get > this java based viewerCan someone please help me find,step by step, > how to get the java viewer going...Many thanks..Bill The java viewer is served by the built in HTTP server. By default it is al

Re: VNC on fedora core 2

2004-11-24 Thread Tim Waugh
On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 04:02:27PM +, Darren Goulston wrote: > Chain RH-Firewall-1-INPUT (2 references) > target prot opt source destination > ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere > ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere > ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere

RE: VNC on fedora core 2

2004-11-24 Thread William Hooper
Darren Goulston said: > the output of :/sbin/service iptables status is as follows: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# /sbin/service iptables status [snip] Yes, you have the firewall enabled. Use system-config-securitylevel to allow connections to the VNC server. Specifically port 5901 for :1 and 5902

RE: VNC on fedora core 2 - now connecting but still errors

2004-11-24 Thread Darren Goulston
ok i got it connecting now.. was my fault how stupid... had the server trusting eth1 instead of eth0 which the cable is plugged into.. lol.. anyways i connects with pwd but i still have the errors below and vnc is not looking pretty at the mo because of these. error in the log file: " error ope

RE: VNC on fedora core 2

2004-11-24 Thread Darren Goulston
the output of :/sbin/service iptables status is as follows: [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# /sbin/service iptables status Table: filter Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination RH-Firewall-1-INPUT all -- anywhere anywhere Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)

Overhead....

2004-11-24 Thread Edwards, Tom M
Hi all, I am using VNC to control a PC that is displaying a web site (www.cmt.com). That PC's VGA out is being converted to Serial Digital Video and recorded in television productions - basically allowing real time navigation around the web site demonstrating the various items found there. The prob

Java Viewer

2004-11-24 Thread Bill @ PondExpo.com
Just was able to get things working just fine with the VNC viewer...but now I see I can access the server from any other pc..Java base browser...this would be great for our application but after reviewing the posts, I can't find where the download or file is located or how you get this java based v

RE: VNC on fedora core 2

2004-11-24 Thread Darren Goulston
what about the other 2 errors because there are on the fedora machine. error in the log file: " error opening security policy file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from list " regards Darren #

Re: VNC on fedora core 2

2004-11-24 Thread William Hooper
Darren Goulston said: [snip] > i can do: > > vncviewer 127.0.0.1:1 > > and it connects fine..[snip] i enter the ip > address as: > > > 10.0.11.101:1 [snip] > and it says "unable to connect to host: Connection timed out (10060)" You most likely have the firewall on. What is the output (as root) of

Starting service in windows safe mode

2004-11-24 Thread Yoram Shaked
when I try to start the "VNC Server" service in windows safe mode (with networking) in the services toolbox in windows, I get an "Error 1084: This service cannot be started in safe mode" Starting the service in safe mode is important to be able to give tech support (clean viruses and such...).

Re: How to change encryption key?

2004-11-24 Thread Mike Miller
On Tue, 23 Nov 2004, Angelo Sarto wrote: You prolly really want vnc-enterprise This will allow you to tie the login to a user account and then your security will be the same as you have for login security. How is the UNIX version of Enterprise VNC coming along? I didn't see Brandon's question ans

Re: VNC on fedora core 2

2004-11-24 Thread John D. Robertson
Darren, Check your iptables (firewall) settings. My guess is that the packets are being dropped. On Wednesday 24 November 2004 09:57, Darren Goulston wrote: > ok i have a server which is running fedora core 2. i have VNC server > running and i can do: > > vncviewer 127.0.0.1:1 > > and it connec

VNC on fedora core 2

2004-11-24 Thread Darren Goulston
ok i have a server which is running fedora core 2. i have VNC server running and i can do: vncviewer 127.0.0.1:1 and it connects fine.. but when i try and do it from my other machine (sitting next to it but accessed over the network) in windows XP using VNC 4. i enter the ip address as: 10.0.1

black screen while executing the vncserver

2004-11-24 Thread Markus Innerebner
Hello I have following problem: If I start vncserver as root my client is able to connect to the server and could see the Desktop. command: vncserver :1 -name Cons1 -depth 16 -geometry 1152x864 If I do it as a normal user it appears a black screen. command: su - user -c "vncserver :2 -name Cons2