Windows RealVNC server not accepting connections

2011-10-28 Thread Mike Miller
I'm running the latest Free RealVNC server in service mode on a WinXP box and it isn't accepting any connections. I tried to connect to localhost and I get a dialog box right away saying the connection closed unexpectedly. I'm not prompted for a password. The icon is in the tray saying it is

Re: restricting the incoming IP address in Windows RealVNC

2011-10-28 Thread Mike Miller
yOn Thu, 27 Oct 2011, Mike Miller wrote: I'm going to run VNC on a Windows box. The firewall should block incoming VNC connections, which is what I want. The box should be VNC-accessible only to other boxes on the subnet (behind the firewall). So here's my question: Is it possible to tell

restricting the incoming IP address in Windows RealVNC

2011-10-28 Thread Mike Miller
I'm going to run VNC on a Windows box. The firewall should block incoming VNC connections, which is what I want. The box should be VNC-accessible only to other boxes on the subnet (behind the firewall). So here's my question: Is it possible to tell VNC to accept connections only from a cert

RE: 3.x/libc6 -- out of ideas -- launching chrome results in an immediate crash of Xvnc everytime

2011-10-28 Thread Justin Piszcz
Hi, I built another machine clean install and the problem is the same (If you use google sync it syncs your extensions), I am getting closer,but essentially its an extension in Google Chrome that causes Xvnc/vnc to crash. I have quite a few extensions so I am trying to narrow it down now. Justin.

RE: 3.x/libc6 -- out of ideas -- launching chrome results in an immediate crash of Xvnc everytime [SOLVED, well root cause found anyway]

2011-10-28 Thread Justin Piszcz
Hi, It came down to this Google Chrome extension: Name: Extensions Manager (aka switcher) Version: 0.1.6.95_0 When this extension is enabled in 64-bit Linux when I launch Google Chrome on two separate machines (both 64-bit/Debian), it crashes Xvnc, when I disable/remove this extension, Xvnc no l