Re: 24bit-per-pixel support

2006-12-15 Thread Jim C. Brown
vncserver works fine with 24bit color. I just use "-depth 24" In fact I'm using it right now. On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 12:25:07PM +0100, Adam Tkac wrote: > Corne Beerse napsal(a): > >Adam Tkac wrote: > > > >>Hi, > >> > >>Could you tell me why vncserver doesn't support 24bit-per-pixel > >>depth? A

Re: GLX support

2006-12-14 Thread Jim C. Brown
On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 02:32:30PM +0100, Peter Cstrand wrote: > On the ThinLinc server CD you will find the source code of a TightVNC > 1.5.X snapshot which works great with both GLX and RENDER, as well as > binaries for Linux and Solaris. It's built with X.Org 6.8.2. > I should add that my own

Re: Xvnc and GLX yet again

2006-12-14 Thread Jim C. Brown
On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 07:48:11AM -0600, Rex Dieter wrote: > Jim C. Brown wrote: > > > You need to patch the source code..there are bugs that prevent GL from > > working with Xvnc otherwise. > > > > A complete working tree (with full GLX support) is available a

Re: VNC and security issues at a university

2006-12-13 Thread Jim C. Brown
On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 05:07:05PM -0500, Anne Gorham wrote: > Forgive me if this has come up before, but I'm new to both VNC and > Linux/Unix. > > > > What I am trying to do is enable students to access a Sun Solaris computer > from either a Linux computer or an XP PC. On that Sun, students s

Re: Xvnc and GLX yet again

2006-12-13 Thread Jim C. Brown
You need to patch the source code..there are bugs that prevent GL from working with Xvnc otherwise. A complete working tree (with full GLX support) is available at http://linuxbuddhist.net:8080/xc On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 12:15:03PM -0800, Evron, Paula (Mission Systems) wrote: > Everyone seems to

Re: OpenGL and RealVNC 4.1.1 (for Linux)

2006-04-18 Thread Jim C. Brown
On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 05:11:28PM -0500, Moe, Mark wrote: > > It's not built by default in RealVNC 4's Xvnc. > > #define BuildGlxExt YES > > in xc/config/cf/vnc.def enables it. That is actually not enough. There are a few changes you have to make in the Imakefiles before you can actually

Fix for GLXBadContext AND Re: bugfix for depth 24

2006-04-06 Thread 'Jim C. Brown'
On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 10:40:04AM +0100, James Weatherall wrote: > Jim, > > The effects you're seeing are due to bogus visuals reported by the current > release of VNC Server Free Edition for Unix, due to problems in the standard > XFree86/Xorg codebase against which it is built. The latest VNC

Re: scaling tab missing - free version

2006-04-05 Thread Jim C. Brown
On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 09:02:39PM -0400, Jim C. Brown wrote: > I think UltraVNC supports scaling tho. And its available for free. This would be server side scaling btw. > You can also try x11vnc, tho I'm not sure if that supports scaling or not. > (libvncserver supposedly does bu

bugfix for depth 24

2006-04-05 Thread Jim C. Brown
When running vncserver with the -depth 24 parameter, I noticed some programs like gaim or wine would show blue instead of red and vice versa. Also I'd see orange instead of green, brown instead of yellow, etc. This bug also seems to affect mplayer, though it is not immediately noticable (I had to

Re: scaling tab missing - free version

2006-04-05 Thread Jim C. Brown
On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 02:40:32PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Oh boy. I didn't realize there was a difference, so there's a 30.00 USD > cost for me to use it on my lan at home and scale the view? That's cold. > If I compile a copy from source, can I use the scaling feature? > > Thanks

Re: How to compile VNC in AIX with native AIX compilers?

2006-03-11 Thread Jim C. Brown
On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 05:05:19PM -0800, Miguel wrote: > Hello community, > > I'm trying to compile VNC on a AIX system, but the following error message is > displayed at the bottom line of the log file: > > $ configure > > checking for gcc... no > checking for c++... no > checking for g++...

Re: GLX and VNC

2006-02-15 Thread Jim C. Brown
On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 04:50:52PM -0500, Stephen Fromm wrote: > There's an application I want to run that needs GLX. Can I run it over VNC? > > I get errors when I try. If I type glxinfo, I get a bunch of output, > including this error (occuring many times): > Xlib: extension "GLX" missing i

Re: Remote :0 display on HPUX 11.11?

2006-02-14 Thread Jim C. Brown
On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 09:31:21AM -0800, Geil, Martin F wrote: > Thanks for the info, Scott and Jim. Have you tested the > RealVNC-EE Xfree86 loadable module alternative to x0vncserver for > viewing the local workstation console remotely? How does it compare to > x11vnc or x0vncserver? I

Re: Xvnc and transparent windows (Composite extension)

2006-02-14 Thread Jim C. Brown
On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 03:10:04PM -0500, Jim C. Brown wrote: > On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 07:52:53PM -0500, Jim C. Brown wrote: > > I've started hacking around with vnc 4.1.1 and X.org 6.8.2, patched to > > support > > XRender. Using xcompmgr 2.02 and transset-df, rig

Re: Remote :0 display on HPUX 11.11?

2006-02-13 Thread Jim C. Brown
On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 08:23:37AM -0800, Geil, Martin F wrote: > All, > I am using HPUX 11.11 and would like to be able to view my local > workstation's X-console remotely using a Windows PC connected to the > same LAN. I've tried x0vncserver, but it brings the workstation to its > knees, a

Re: vnc vs freeNX?

2006-02-13 Thread Jim C. Brown
On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 05:46:00PM -, James Weatherall wrote: > Felix, > > You're using a very old release of VNC, which would explain why you see poor > performance over extremely slow networks. > > VNC doesn't "stream raw bitmap data" (unless you explicitly configure it > to...), and your a

Re: Open source security measures?

2006-02-10 Thread Jim C. Brown
On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 02:33:11PM -0600, Jorge L. Vizcarralagos wrote: > In the near future I would most likely purchase the Personal or > Enterprise editions of this program but for educational purposes I would > still love to use open software since I discourage the misuse of > licensed s

Re: new to vnc, problem with display

2006-02-10 Thread Jim C. Brown
On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 03:17:43PM -0800, Alaa G wrote: > Hello everyone, > I'm new to VNC, and I'm trying to control a Linux(Fedora) machine from > Windows XP and the other way too. When I connect from Linux to Win I can see > the graphical setup like windows exactly and I could control the

Re: I was hacked by a VNC user!

2006-02-10 Thread Jim C. Brown
On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 08:27:39AM -0500, Stephen Fromm wrote: > >There's more to session security than simply visibility of key-presses to > >nosey network neighbours. Without proper tanper-proofing, for example, > >it's > >possible for an attacker to gain access to a system by listening in on a

Re: Netiquette request to all

2006-02-10 Thread Jim C. Brown
On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 05:06:02PM +0100, Jaroslaw Rafa wrote: > BTW. Is it possible to change the configuration of the mail server serving > the list to include "Reply-To:" header with a list address? This is a common > practice on almost all mailing lists - it ensures that a reply automatically >

Re: Solutions for shrinking a local desktop with and without VNC?

2006-02-07 Thread Jim C. Brown
On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 04:47:55PM +0100, Felix E. Klee wrote: > I want to > > run a high-res desktop on a low-ses screen. > > Possible solutions: > > 3. Connect a VNC client to a VNC-Server that supports shrinking of the > desktop. > > Current state: > > * x11vnc seems to do what I wa

Re: Xvnc and transparent windows (Composite extension)

2006-02-06 Thread Jim C. Brown
On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 07:52:53PM -0500, Jim C. Brown wrote: > I've started hacking around with vnc 4.1.1 and X.org 6.8.2, patched to support > XRender. Using xcompmgr 2.02 and transset-df, right now I am able to adjust > the > transparency of windows running inside of Xvnc th

Xvnc and transparent windows (Composite extension)

2006-02-04 Thread Jim C. Brown
Is there any interest in getting Xvnc to support the Composite extension? Is anyone else working on it? I've started hacking around with vnc 4.1.1 and X.org 6.8.2, patched to support XRender. Using xcompmgr 2.02 and transset-df, right now I am able to adjust the transparency of windows running ins