Alcatel speed touch router + VNC

2004-03-11 Thread Luke Hesketh
I want to try and setup my router so that I can access my computer via VNC from a remote location. I have done some reading and learned that the way to do this is open port 5901 on the router and have it forward this to the ip of the computer on the internal LAN running the VN

MultiCasting VNC

2004-03-11 Thread BloF
Hello, I am interested in making Multicasting option in vnc I plan to make a program that will be on the server computer and get the data from the server and send it to the viewers using UDP protocol. in this way, for example many computers will be able to connect to my program (to the server...) a

RE: MultiCasting VNC

2004-03-11 Thread Seak, Teng-Fong
There're two viewer options which might interest you while you're doing your project: 1) shared connection : this prevents a connected client from being disconnected when a new client establishes new connection 2) viewer mode : this makes a client displays only what's on server screen wi

RE: Using a proxy in the realvnc Java applet

2004-03-11 Thread Seak, Teng-Fong
You have to configure the server to use port 443 instead of port 5900 (corresponding to display 0). Take a look at advanced settings here : http://www.realvnc.com/winvnc.html#4 And of course, make sure you're not using already port 443. > -Message d'origine- > De : [EMAI

RE: Regarding VNC4 b4

2004-03-11 Thread Seak, Teng-Fong
I've just recieved the same message as you from edickey. Apparently he's a member of the list, but I'm not going to reply either. If he can't received my mails, it's his problem :-) > -Message d'origine- > De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Envoyi : mercredi 10

RE: Alcatel speed touch router + VNC

2004-03-11 Thread Seak, Teng-Fong
First of all, make sure you're really using port 5901 in your VNC server, because the default port is rather 5900. OTOH, you don't precise what model you're using. "Alcatel speed touch router" could correspond to several models. And if you could provide us an online manual, ma

RE: Regarding VNC4 b4

2004-03-11 Thread myron_in_da_house
Good point. If no one replies to the request then he'll end up not receiving any messages from this list. [=: At 12:55 11/03/2004, Seak, Teng-Fong wrote: >I've just recieved the same message as you from edickey. Apparently he's a > member of the list, but I'm not going to reply either

Next VNC 4 Beta Release

2004-03-11 Thread Michael Huxley
Hi Does anyone know when the next beta of VNC 4 is scheduled for release? Mike Huxley mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet Operations Technician * DISCLAIMER Any opinions expressed in this email are those of the indivi

Re: MultiCasting VNC

2004-03-11 Thread Bruce Anderson
It already exists: TeleTeaching @ University of Trier platform-independent recording and transmission of arbitrary content Papers: * Transparent TeleTeaching: by Peter Ziewer and Helmut Seidl, Contribution to ASCILITEJ2002

RE: VNC 3.3.7 does not work w/ Windows 2003 Server

2004-03-11 Thread Seak, Teng-Fong
I'm doing like this as well but there's a problem: whenever winvnc crashes, there's a dialog box popped up on the console asking if I want to terminate it or to debug it (that I suppose is a consequence of installing Visual Studio). So, I have to get to the console (using TS client or w

True Dual Desktop

2004-03-11 Thread John Huizing
I need information in setting up VNC for a true dual desktop system. (2 monitors and 2 independant desktops - NOT a dual monitor setup with one desktop spread over both) Remote system has identical setup. Running W2K Tried VNC Beta 4 which claimed to support dual monitors. - no luck. Single monito

RE: True Dual Desktop

2004-03-11 Thread James Weatherall
John, Windows 2000 can't do that. Each monitor is either attached as part of the window station, or is accessed specially by applications. "Desktops" under Windows 2000 are basically virtual and only one can be visible in a window station at any time. Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.

RE: True Dual Desktop

2004-03-11 Thread Zach Dennis
I'm curious John, How you got two separate desktops to work with Win2K. I'm running dual monitors at home and thrice monitors at work. I have never been able to figure getting independent desktops on each machine. Is it something ridiculously simple? Zach -Original Message- From: [EMAIL P

RE: Alcatel speed touch router + VNC

2004-03-11 Thread William Hooper
Seak, Teng-Fong said: > First of all, make sure you're really using port 5901 in your VNC server, > because the default port On MS Windows > is rather 5900. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from t

error running vncserver on solaris 9

2004-03-11 Thread Jerry Owens
I have recently built a machine running Solaris 9 and I am having trouble getting the vncserver to start. The system is running a vanilla install of Solaris and I am trying to run the latest binary version of VNC from the realvnc site. The error I am getting is: bash-2.05$ vncserver bash: /usr/bin

Re: SSH

2004-03-11 Thread William Hooper
Please send replies to the list. Johan Eriksson said: > Hello William, > Thanks for answering, the VNC traffic is tunneled so > you mean that port 22 is the one to keep open if I use > standard SSH port? Yes. Since you are tunneling the VNC traffic over SSH, the SSH port is all you need to forwa

RE: True Dual Desktop

2004-03-11 Thread John Huizing
So the question is can it be done the way I described it? Or am I restricted to viewing only one monitor? John. -Original Message- From: James Weatherall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 11:01 AM To: 'John Huizing' Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: True Dual Des

Re: Next VNC 4 Beta Release

2004-03-11 Thread Travis Griggs
Michael Huxley wrote: Hi Does anyone know when the next beta of VNC 4 is scheduled for release? Nope. You are not the first to ask. Like all the rest... I don't think you'll get an answer. -- Travis Griggs Objologist Key Technology "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity

RE: True Dual Desktop

2004-03-11 Thread James Weatherall
John, Please use Reply-To-All for list replies. What you seem to be describing is the difference between treating all physical monitors as a single monitor, so that windows span physical monitors, and having windows maximise only to the monitor on which they reside. How windows maximise has noth

RE: True Dual Desktop

2004-03-11 Thread James Weatherall
John, You haven't described what you want VNC to do - you have described how you want Windows 2000 to handle window placement. If you want to be able to view all of the monitors attached to your system via VNC, you will need to use VNC 4b4, which will make the entire desktop (i.e. all monitors)

RE: True Dual Desktop

2004-03-11 Thread John Huizing
James, That is exactly what I wanted. I tried Beta version 4 because of the multi-monitior support and it failed to display both monitors. Was there someting missing in the setup or something else that should be done? Thanks, John. -Original Message- From: James Weatherall [mailto:[EM

MultiCasting VNC

2004-03-11 Thread BloF
Thanks for your help. I tried the new version and it works... Thanks again. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what youre looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remo

Xvnc eating cpu randomly

2004-03-11 Thread Ray Hall
Hello, I have a situation where the Xvnc process will consume the cpu on client exit. This happens randomly, but can be produced within about 5 to 10 minutes of opening and closing a session. System and software Dell PowerEdge 2600 run RedHat Linux 7.3 2.4.18 kernel vnc-server-3.3.3r2-28.2 tight

RE: True Dual Desktop

2004-03-11 Thread William Hooper
John Huizing said: > James, > > That is exactly what I wanted. > I tried Beta version 4 because of the multi-monitior support and it failed > to display both monitors. > Was there someting missing in the setup or something else that should be > done? I have used it with Win98's multi-monitor suppo

RE: True Dual Desktop

2004-03-11 Thread Seak, Teng-Fong
The first one is called "stretched desktop" which is available in XP. In this situation, multiple monitors are treated as a single widescreen display. This implies two things: 1) all monitors have to have exact settings (resolution, refresh rate and color depth); 2) monitors are "lined

RE: Using a proxy in the realvnc Java applet

2004-03-11 Thread Seak, Teng-Fong
Please reply to the list. > >>-Message d'origine- > >>De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Envoyi : mercredi 10 mars 2004 18:03 > >>@ : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Cc : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Objet : Using a proxy in the realvnc Java applet > >> > >>Hello, > >> > [snipped]

Syntax error when starting VNCVIEWER ???

2004-03-11 Thread paolo pabliso
Thank you very much for your help. I have now even tried a special VNC Version for the dbox2. This plugin can be activated directly - no telnet required - obviously the Dreambox lacks some windows server capability. I guess I will have to wait until someone ports the software. by the way the res

Re: Alcatel speed touch router + VNC

2004-03-11 Thread Scott C. Best
Luke: Heya. Here's a URL to the Speedtouch router pages; you should be able to find some documentation which describes how to setup port forwarding for this router: http://www.speedtouchdsl.com/prod510.htm Most routers' configuration pages are accessible with just a web browser. S

Secure VNC

2004-03-11 Thread BloF
Hello, I Want to secure the VNC connection. I read about SSL, digital signature, certificates, public and private keys, mac.. and more Now I have 2 questions. 1)Why when I searched for security in VNC results show mostly SSH, and what is the difference? 2)Is it possible to secure the data transf

RE: Alcatel speed touch router + VNC

2004-03-11 Thread Peter Coulter
You don't say which particular model you are running but the link below to some SpeedTouch 510 firewall configuration info may help. http://www.sdharris.com/speedtouch510/ Or at least be a pointer in the right direction. Peter Coulter

Re: Secure VNC

2004-03-11 Thread William Hooper
BloF said: > 1)Why when I searched for security in VNC results show > mostly SSH, and what is the difference? Most Unix like systems come with SSH already installed. > 2)Is it possible to secure the data transferred > between the server and the client without changing the > server? I'm not sure

Re: Using a proxy in the realvnc Java applet

2004-03-11 Thread Milenco Mulder
Seak, Teng-Fong wrote: You have to configure the server to use port 443 instead of port 5900 (corresponding to display 0). Take a look at advanced settings here : http://www.realvnc.com/winvnc.html#4 And of course, make sure you're not using already port 443. -Message d'origine-

Re: Secure VNC

2004-03-11 Thread Jerome R. Westrick
Dear Blof... On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 22:31, BloF wrote: > Hello, > I Want to secure the VNC connection. > I read about SSL, digital signature, certificates, > public and private keys, mac.. and more > > Now I have 2 questions. > > 1)Why when I searched for security in VNC results show > mostly SS

Secure VNC

2004-03-11 Thread BloF
Hello, I Want to secure the VNC connection. I read about SSL, digital signature, certificates, public and private keys, mac.. and more Now I have 2 questions. 1)Why when I searched for security in VNC results show mostly SSH, and what is the difference? 2)Is it possible to secure the data transf

RE: Xvnc eating cpu randomly

2004-03-11 Thread Chuck Slivkoff
I have a situation where the Xvnc process will consume the cpu on client exit. This happens randomly, but can be produced within about 5 to 10 minutes of opening and closing a session. System and software Dell PowerEdge 2600 run RedHat Linux 7.3 2.4.18 kernel vnc-server-3.3.3r2-28.2 tightvnc-1.2.9

Secure VNC

2004-03-11 Thread BloF
Thanks for your reply. I built the client, and I'll use any VNC SERVER... Any Server encrypts/decrypts the data? Or I'll have to change the server myself? Dear Blof... On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 22:31, BloF wrote: > Hello, > I W

Re: Secure VNC

2004-03-11 Thread Scott C. Best
BloF: Heya. Here's some info I've collected over the years regarding securing VNC connections: http://faq.gotomyvnc.com/fom-serve/cache/28.html As you'll see in there, the most popular application used to securify any "plaintext" TCP/IP application (eg, VNC, X Windows, etc.) is SS

Secure VNC

2004-03-11 Thread BloF
Thanks for the link and the explanation. I understand it now better, and going to read it. Thanks a lot. _ BloF: Heya. Here's some info I've collected over the years regarding securing VNC connections: http://faq.gotomyvnc.com/fom-serve/cac

Re: Secure VNC

2004-03-11 Thread Mike Miller
On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, Scott C. Best wrote: > Heya. Here's some info I've collected over the years regarding > securing VNC connections: > > http://faq.gotomyvnc.com/fom-serve/cache/28.html But that page says that VNC communicates in "plain text" and I've been told repeatedly that it is usin

Re: Secure VNC

2004-03-11 Thread Jerome R. Westrick
On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 23:59, BloF wrote: > Thanks for your reply. > I built the client, and I'll use any VNC SERVER... > Any Server encrypts/decrypts the data? Or I'll have to > change the server myself? > The usual method is use a technic called tunneling. This is the way SSL, SSH, Kabede(sp?) a

RE: Xvnc eating cpu randomly

2004-03-11 Thread Jerome R. Westrick
Did you turn off the screen saver on the XWindows session running under XVNC? Most distributions set random selection, your XVNC maybe drawing pipes in 3D or something else as silly... Jerry On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 23:42, Chuck Slivkoff wrote: > >I have a situation where the Xvnc process will con

VNC works on some computers in network but not others.

2004-03-11 Thread First Name Last Name
Greetings, I've found my way to this list via the VNC web page. I have a particular scenario I've been working on for a while now and have not been able to resolve. I've read through several postings to see if any of what was suggested to others might solve my issues. I tried the 5900 port sett

Re: Secure VNC

2004-03-11 Thread William Hooper
Mike Miller said: > On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, Scott C. Best wrote: > >> Heya. Here's some info I've collected over the years regarding >> securing VNC connections: >> >> http://faq.gotomyvnc.com/fom-serve/cache/28.html > > > But that page says that VNC communicates in "plain text" and I've been > t

RE: True Dual Desktop

2004-03-11 Thread James Weatherall
John, What exactly does the About dialog of your VNC Server say? Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list

Dual (multiple) monitors

2004-03-11 Thread p putkowski
In XP (or ME or 98SE), monitors are attached via separate (or multihead) video cards. Same in SuSe 9, except the driver support is the responsibility of the card vendor, not SuSe. ME and 98SE support TWO monitors. Each monitor (typically) can have its own resolution and depth. One card must be IG

key press/release events echoed [was: character doubling]

2004-03-11 Thread Plesch Andreas
Summary: When I use the win-4.04b viewer on win2000 to connect to a 4.04b server on 2.4.22 linux which functions as a loadable module (precompiled vnc.so) in a XFree86 4.3.0 Xserver, I get the expected desktop display but have problems typing. Each character I type appears twice in xterms or any t

Re: Secure VNC

2004-03-11 Thread Mike Miller
On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, William Hooper wrote: > Mike Miller said: > > > But that page says that VNC communicates in "plain text" and I've been > > told repeatedly that it is using some sort of X protocol that is not > > plain text. It's not encrypted, but it isn't plain text either. > > This is impo

Re: Secure VNC

2004-03-11 Thread William Hooper
Mike Miller said: > On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, William Hooper wrote: > >> Mike Miller said: >> >> > But that page says that VNC communicates in "plain text" and I've been >> > told repeatedly that it is using some sort of X protocol that is not >> > plain text. It's not encrypted, but it isn't plain tex

Re: Secure VNC

2004-03-11 Thread Mike Miller
On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, William Hooper wrote: > >> In fact, the author gives the impression getting the VNC data is > >> easier than getting plain X11 data. > > > > In other words, there is a continuum of difficulty and VNC is harder > > to get than is plain text (e.g., telnet). > > If you have the t