Re: Can't connect to VNC running on Linux Fedora core 2 box

2004-09-13 Thread Tim Waugh
On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 02:17:39AM +, B Boc wrote: > i am trying to use my win2k notebook running realvnc4 (viewer and server) > to connect to linux fedora core 2 box running realvnc4 You probably need to adjust the firewall settings on the Fedora Core 2 machine. Tim. */ [demime 0.99d.1 re

Re: Can't connect to VNC running on Linux Fedora core 2 box

2004-09-14 Thread Tim Waugh
On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 06:32:22PM +, B Boc wrote: > I never installed the firewall component so it is disabled. Does 'iptables -n -L' show an empty firewall? Tim. */ [demime 0.99d.1 removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature] ___ VN

Re: vncserver issues on Fedora core 2

2004-09-28 Thread Tim Waugh
On Mon, Sep 27, 2004 at 04:09:32PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Actually Tim, I had the same issue with the vncserver that *comes* with > FC2. That is why I downloaded realvnc. The vnc servers appear to be the > same. No, the VNC that comes with Fedora Core 2 does not fail with dynamic loade

Re: vncserver issues on Fedora core 2

2004-09-29 Thread Tim Waugh
On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 11:11:17AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am interested in the test update for VNC in FC2. I looked at the URL. > How would I go about installing and configuring this stuff? Actually it's now a final update: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2004-Se

Re: vncserver issues on Fedora core 2

2004-10-01 Thread Tim Waugh
On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 06:07:00PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks Tim, > > I updated vncserver, using up2date. I no longer get vncserver library > errors, but I am now getting Xvnc library errors, on the same library > as the vncserver erros I originally complained about. > > Apparently

Re: vncserver issues on Fedora core 2

2004-10-01 Thread Tim Waugh
On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 06:07:00PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I updated vncserver, using up2date. I no longer get vncserver library > errors, but I am now getting Xvnc library errors, on the same library > as the vncserver erros I originally complained about. ..oh, library errors from runn

Re: vncserver issues on Fedora core 2

2004-10-04 Thread Tim Waugh
On Sun, Oct 03, 2004 at 10:23:51PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Here's what I got... > > # type Xvnc > Xvnc is hashed (/usr/local/bin/Xvnc) That's the one you'd installed by hand. Uninstall it. Tim. */ [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature]

Re: vncserver issues on Fedora core 2

2004-10-04 Thread Tim Waugh
On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 01:11:11PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ok. How do I do that? > > I looked in the install script, and it's all just cp's. > The old files weren't preserved. Can I reinstall the original Xvnc > from source? Just remove /usr/local/bin/Xvnc. The correct one lives in /us

Re: eclipse problem

2004-10-05 Thread Tim Waugh
On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 04:17:03PM -0400, Ernest E Jessee wrote: > Redhat bits are worse. They are labeled as "beta". Crash occurred > within seconds of starting eclipse/java session. The frequency of my > last 2 notes should give you some indication of how bad the problem is. If > you google

Re: Refused Connections -- Getting URGENT

2004-11-09 Thread Tim Waugh
On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 06:35:58AM -0500, Tim Holmes wrote: > The included VNC server with Fedora crashes instantly when it is started > (known bug according to the internet) so I downloaded and installed the > VNC Server from the realvnc website. No: get the Fedora update vnc package. (Run 'up2

Re: vnc 4 on fc2

2004-11-11 Thread Tim Waugh
On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 10:13:57PM +0100, Salvatore Basso wrote: > Hi, I have a problem with vncserver version 4 (from file tar.gz), when: > > #/usr/local/bin/vncserver > You will require password to access your desktop. > vncpasswd: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++-lib6.1-1.so.2 >

Re: vnc 4 on fc2

2004-11-12 Thread Tim Waugh
On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 11:44:22PM +0100, Salvatore Basso wrote: > "Tim Waugh" wrote: > > > Install the VNC package that comes with Fedora Core 2 (actually there > > is an update: use up2date to fetch it). > > .. I execute up2date but I don't find pack

Re: vnc 4 on fc2

2004-11-12 Thread Tim Waugh
On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 10:22:48AM +0100, Salvatore Basso wrote: > "Tim Waugh" wrote: > > > Yes. (Or run 'up2date vnc vnc-viewer' from the command line.) > > .. now I have retried "up2date vnc-server" and now I haven't error, therefore vnc

Re: vnc 4 on fc2

2004-11-12 Thread Tim Waugh
On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 10:56:11AM +0100, Salvatore Basso wrote: > "Tim Waugh" wrote: > > >Remove all the executables in /usr/local/bin/ that you don't > >want. (I'm sure this has been discussed before in the archive..) > > .. I have cancelled the fil

Re: vnc 4 on fc2

2004-11-12 Thread Tim Waugh
On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 12:46:25PM +0100, Salvatore Basso wrote: > "Tim Waugh" wrote: > > >Hmm. Show the error again. > > Xvnc: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2: cannot open share > d object file: No such file or directory That

Re: vnc 4 on fc2

2004-11-12 Thread Tim Waugh
On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 02:02:36PM +0100, Salvatore Basso wrote: > "Tim Waugh" wrote: > > > I suggest 'type Xvnc' to see which binary you're running, and delete > > it. > > .. the result is "/usr/bin/Xvnc", now I delete Xvnc but now when

Re: vnc 4 on fc2

2004-11-12 Thread Tim Waugh
On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 02:29:41PM +0100, Salvatore Basso wrote: > "Tim Waugh" wrote: > > >I think you didn't install the FC2 vnc-server update. > >Run: up2date vnc-server > > .. no unfortunately I excute "up2date vnc-server", in fact now: > >

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 - 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: VNC for Red Hat

2004-12-01 Thread Tim Waugh
On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 11:17:51PM -0500, Chris wrote: > I'm having difficulty installing VNC for Linux on my Red Hat 9 box. Are > there resources out there for Linux newbies, like me, that will explain > how to do this? Thanks The first thing to bear in mind is that Red Hat Linux 9 is not the la

Re: Sending Keyboard Commands using a Script or Batch File

2004-12-07 Thread Tim Waugh
On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 09:54:58AM -0500, Bradley Beaver wrote: > Hi. Is there a way to send keyboard commands to a computer using a > script file or batch file? Yes, rfbplaymacro can do this. http://cyberelk.net/tim/rfbplaymacro/ Tim. */ [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type applicatio

Re: Posting: Installing on Linux for an absolute newbie!

2005-01-05 Thread Tim Waugh
On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 06:27:50PM -, James May wrote: > We are only used to using the KDE interface for our Red Hat Linux installed > server for very simple tasks (literally just clock changes and the like), we > certainly have no in-house experience for actual commands and the like. So > cou

Re: Control of a dos machine

2005-02-23 Thread Tim Waugh
On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 01:46:53PM -0500, Steve Bostedor wrote: > In short, no, you can't do this with VNC. VNC currently only offers a > way to control operating systems with a GUI. Is it the DOS box that is > on the dialup connection? Have you looked into NetOp? > http://www.richmondsys.co.uk

Re: Xvnc with RENDER - almost working

2005-02-24 Thread Tim Waugh
On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 06:23:16PM -0500, Kevin Doh wrote: > I hate to sound incredibly ignorant, but I guess I have no other > choice in asking this question.. How do you apply the "patch code" > you provided in your last email to the list. I've been trying to get > VNC to run on my Fedora 3 ma

Re: Xvnc with RENDER - almost working

2005-02-25 Thread Tim Waugh
On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 04:22:03AM -0500, Kevin Doh wrote: > I tried following the directions provided on the x0.html page but it > didnt work for me... Maybe it was because I was using xOrg and not > XFree86 as xOirg is the default x server that comes with Fedora 3. > > Did you use XFree86 Tim???

Re: AMD64 + Fedora Core 2 + X.org tree slowness

2005-02-25 Thread Tim Waugh
On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 10:07:17AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > After having used vnc4 on Solaris 8, Linux(Redhat 7.3 > mostly), we decided to use the Xvnc that comes with FC2 that is installed > on our AMD64 boxes. I believe the version that comes std. is 4.04beta > > We are seein

Re: AMD64 + Fedora Core 2 + X.org tree slowness

2005-02-25 Thread Tim Waugh
On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 10:53:44AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > CConn: Using ZRLE encoding > CConn: Throughput 2 kbit/s - changing to hextile encoding > CConn: Throughput 2 kbit/s - changing to full colour > CConn: Using pixel format depth 24 (32bpp) little

Re: Xvnc with RENDER - almost working

2005-03-16 Thread Tim Waugh
On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 01:16:14PM +0100, Peter Estrand wrote: > Thanks. The patch below (against TightVNC 1.5 CVS) seems to fix the > problem. Hi Peter, I am using your patch for render support in the Fedora Core development RPM package of vnc, and it works quite well so far. There are display

Re: Xvnc with RENDER - almost working

2005-03-16 Thread Tim Waugh
On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 12:30:16PM +0100, Peter Estrand wrote: > On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, Tim Waugh wrote: > > > I am using your patch for render support in the Fedora Core > > development RPM package of vnc, and it works quite well so far. > > > > There are d

Re: Xvnc with RENDER - almost working

2005-03-31 Thread Tim Waugh
On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 01:35:43PM +0200, Peter Estrand wrote: > I've been able to reproduce this problem now. For me, it only happens in > the GNOME environment, not in KDE. Xvnc gives error messages like: > > ComparingUpdateTracker: rect outside fb (-47,76-171,89) Yes, I see messages like that

Re: Xvnc with RENDER - almost working

2005-04-01 Thread Tim Waugh
On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 05:26:16PM +0200, Peter Estrand wrote: > I discovered that myself a few minutes ago :) It seems to help to call the > original function, even though xDst is negative. Like this: Yes, this works very well now. Thanks a lot for getting this working! Tim. */ [demime 1.01d

Re: What good is VNC's GPL?

2005-04-05 Thread Tim Waugh
On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 07:58:48AM -0500, Angelo Sarto wrote: > My apologies for the misinformation then, it can be pursued by *any* > copyright holder. I guess in this case tightvnc is a derived work of > realvnc, so either one would have the option of pursuing this. (Plus any/all of the other

Re: error compiling VNC with X.org 6.8.2

2005-05-10 Thread Tim Waugh
On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 07:50:28AM +0200, Andreas Fehr wrote: > Hi, I run into a problem compiling vnc with X.org 6.8.2. Compiling X.org > without vnc works. > > I'm not the common with all the library and linker stuff on Linux. (For > me, it looks like the linker was not able to resolve some func

Re: error compiling VNC with X.org 6.8.2

2005-05-10 Thread Tim Waugh
On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 02:06:02PM +0100, James Weatherall wrote: > Tim, are these the patches you meant? They were certainly the ones I was thinking about, but this particular problem might be something that came up afterwards and was fixed then -- perhaps I didn't send a patch for some reason.

Re: Linux

2005-05-11 Thread Tim Waugh
On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 07:59:42PM -0400, William Hooper wrote: > Jugnoo khan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > I am new user to Red hat Enterpriseinuc linux WS (ver:3) and VNC ver > > 4.0b4 > > as well. I am I can view my Windows XPfrom linux and see my complete > > desktop and full access, whereas acce

Re: xinetd with rfbproxy question

2005-06-07 Thread Tim Waugh
On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 02:22:46PM +0200, Michael Will wrote: > Playback of .rfb-files is comfortable with rfbproxy and (x)inetd. > Also recording is possible: > service rfbproxy-record1 > { > port= 5911 > socket_type = stream > protocol= tcp > wait

Re: RedHat Enterprise 4, Gnome and SELinux security

2005-06-13 Thread Tim Waugh
On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 04:08:55AM -0400, Ken Winheim wrote: > I've been asked by many clients for a simple detailed procedure for > getting VNC to properly display gnome desktops on RedHat Enterprise > Linux 4. I'm curious.. > The final ~/.vnc/startup/ file should look like this: >

[patch] 4.1.1 vncpasswd fix

2005-06-27 Thread Tim Waugh
Running 'vncpasswd foo' and entering a password that's, say, 12 characters long results in a buffer overflow. It is caught by glibc: *** glibc detected *** vncpasswd: free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x09292110 *** === Backtrace: = /lib/libc.so.6[0x49c384] /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_free

Re: Unable to connect to VNC Server (Fedora Core 4) from Win2000 client - Used to work fine

2005-06-28 Thread Tim Waugh
On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 08:16:47PM -0400, Ferindo Middleton Jr wrote: > Part of the .vnc localhost:2.log logfile below says: > 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! > >

Re: installing VNC in Fedora Core 4

2005-08-08 Thread Tim Waugh
On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 11:02:46AM +0530, Pushparaj Shetty wrote: > Hi > I have downloaded VNC in FC4. Please tell me how do I Install it? For Fedora Core 4, why not used the RPM package provided with it? "yum install vnc vnc-server" Tim. */ [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type applicati

[patch] 4.1.1: x0vncserver fix

2005-12-08 Thread Tim Waugh
The main loop in x0vncserver does not always initialize the timeout variable. In this case, it may be that it contains invalid values and causes select to fail. This has been reported to happen here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=172410 Here is the fix: --- vnc-4_1_1-u

Re: Using the modified code..

2002-06-26 Thread Tim Waugh
I am not a lawyer. On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 03:42:57PM +0100, Neil Devlin wrote: > Hi, > I was looking through the license agreement on the web. At the start it > says that changes not allowed : > 'Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this > license document, but chan

Re: Essential RPM packages for RH7.3

2002-08-19 Thread Tim Waugh
On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 10:45:19PM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: > My questions are > > 1) Are they the most up-to-date version These packages contain a recent version of TightVNC, albeit not the latest release. > 2) Is a) above the client which is the same as viewer in another name Yes, the 'vnc'

Re: Linux VNC Newbie Question

2002-12-10 Thread Tim Waugh
On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 07:46:49AM -0500, Justin Fields wrote: > I got a fresh download of VNC installed on one of the new > machines, That was your mistake. :-) As shipped, Red Hat Linux 8.0 comes with VNC, complete with a default configuration to use the Bluecurve theme. You just had to run '

Re: Automating VNC Startup on a Red Hat 7.3 box

2002-12-19 Thread Tim Waugh
On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 12:15:27PM -0500, Kaplan, Andrew H. wrote: > Hi there, > > I tried automating the startup of VNC on my Linux box by modifying > the /etc/rc.local file with the following entries: > > su kaplan /usr/bin/vncserver :2 > su salee /usr/bin/vncserver :3 You could consider using

Re: Automating VNC Startup on a Red Hat 7.3 box

2002-12-19 Thread Tim Waugh
On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 01:43:43PM -0500, Kaplan, Andrew H. wrote: > Thanks for your reply. Could you please elaborate? Thanks. http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/ref-guide/s1-boot-init-shutdown-sysconfig.html#S3-BOOT-INIT-SHUTDOWN-VNCSERVERS Tim. */ [demime 0.99d.1 removed

Re: VNC problems with Red Hat Linux 8

2002-12-20 Thread Tim Waugh
On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 01:19:58PM -0400, Dave Crabbe wrote: > I have a problem > installing VNC on Red Hat 8 and wonder if anyone > has time to comment. Have you checked that your firewall settings are not preventing the connection you want? Tim. */ [demime 0.99d.1 removed an attachment of ty

Re: Problems...

2003-01-13 Thread Tim Waugh
On Sun, Jan 12, 2003 at 08:50:59PM +0100, ...::: Attilio :::... wrote: > 2) i started "vncserver" that require the password and edited the files > /root/.vnc/xstartup as follow > > #!bin/bash > $HOME/.Xresources > exec gnome-session & Why did you find this step necessary? The default xstartup fi

Re: backdoor?

2003-01-22 Thread Tim Waugh
On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 09:52:28PM -0500, Ted Toporkov wrote: > is anyone aware of a backdoor in realvnc? i believe my vnc server was > breached, but im not sure why or how. There is no backdoor, as you can verify yourself (check the source code). But the fact that there is very little *security

[VNC] Re: Refused connection from client

2002-05-25 Thread Tim Waugh
On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 08:08:45PM +0200, Terje Trane wrote: > I downgraded from 3.3.3-18 to 3.3.3-14, that did the trick! [...] > It says nothing about having to change something in the configuration, so I > expected it to work right away after the update. Do you mean 3.3.3r2-18.4 to 3.3.3r2-18

VNC on PowerPC?

2002-06-21 Thread Tim Waugh
Has anyone on this list had any luck with VNC on PowerPC? Client or server.. Tim. */ [demime 0.99c.8 removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature] ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list

Re: VNC on PowerPC?

2002-06-24 Thread Tim Waugh
On Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 09:15:47PM +0200, Peter Estrand wrote: > Standard VNC Xvnc: works > TightVNC Xvnc: does not work. Strange display errors. Aha---perhaps the problems I've been hearing about are introduced in TightVNC. I'll check. > xf4vnc Xvnc: does work (but the RH gcc breaks the D3DES

Re: VNC 4.0 Beta 3

2003-07-31 Thread Tim Waugh
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 11:52:26AM -0400, William Hooper wrote: > Using RHL 9 (gcc-3.2.2) that gets me past x0vncserver, but then I get > errors building vncviewer: > > make[1]: Entering directory `/home/whooper/build/vnc-4.0b3-unixsrc/vncviewer' > c++ -I.. -I../tx -I/usr/X11R6/include -O2 -Wa

Re: VNC 4.0 Beta 3

2003-07-31 Thread Tim Waugh
On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 08:07:37PM +0100, James Weatherall wrote: > RealVNC is pleased to announce the first public beta release of VNC 4.0. This is great news! Do you have an idea of when a final VNC 4.0 release might happen? Thanks, Tim. .. off to beta test */ [demime 0.99d.1 removed an atta

Re: VNC 4.0 Beta 3

2003-08-01 Thread Tim Waugh
I needed this patch to compile VNC 4.0 Beta 3 on some platforms. Tim. */ --- vnc-4.0b3-unixsrc/Xregion/Makefile.in.fPIC 2003-03-31 16:07:29.0 +0100 +++ vnc-4.0b3-unixsrc/Xregion/Makefile.in 2003-08-01 10:35:14.0 +0100 @@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ $(AR) $(library) $(OBJS)

Re: VNC 4.0b3 and RHL 9

2003-08-01 Thread Tim Waugh
I'm also seeing the BadValue errors when trying to start clients. Xvfb from the same build tree is fine. Here is the xdpyinfo output for the Xvnc display: name of display::3.0 version number:11.0 vendor string:The XFree86 Project, Inc vendor release number:4030 XFree86 version

Re: VNC 4.0b3 and RHL 9

2003-08-01 Thread Tim Waugh
Incidentally, if I set my xstartup to run GNOME, I get this error in the output: (gnome-session:9690): Gdk-WARNING **: The X server advertises that RENDER support is present, but fails to supply the necessary pixmap support. In other words, it is buggy. Could that be relevant? Tim. */ [demime

Re: VNC 4.0b3 and RHL 9

2003-08-01 Thread Tim Waugh
Just to have all the information in one email, here is what I tried tonight. The binaries were built unpacking XFree86-4.3.0.tar.gz over the xc directory from vnc-4.0b3-unixsrc.tar.gz, and then applying xc.patch with 'patch -p0 -i xc.patch'. Here is the %build part of the spec file I used: %conf

Re: VNC 4.0b3 and RHL 9

2003-08-04 Thread Tim Waugh
Think I've got a bit further with the BadValue 0x20 problem. Here is a backtrace from the XCreatePixmap function that causes the trouble ('finish' in gdb gives the X error message): #0 0x0013ed66 in XCreatePixmap () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 #1 0x0024b2c0 in XcursorImageLoadCursor () from

4.0b3 and RENDER

2003-08-04 Thread Tim Waugh
So far to get 4.0b3 to work for me on a rawhide-based Red Hat Linux machine I've needed to apply the patch I posted recently to enable -fPIC on some architectures, and disable RENDER in Xvnc using this patch: --- vnc-4.0b3-unixsrc/xc/programs/Xserver/vnc/Xvnc/xvnc.cc.norender 2003-07-23 19:00:

4.0b3 and Xvnc command line compatibility

2003-08-08 Thread Tim Waugh
It would be nice if options such as -dontdisconnect would still be accepted. If legacy options such as that are seen, it would be even nicer if Xvnc would default to SecurityTypes=None as previous VNC releases have done. This would make it much more of a drop-in replacement for older releases. W

4.0b3 and vncpasswd, ~/.vnc

2003-08-11 Thread Tim Waugh
Here is a tiny patch to make vncpasswd not fail when run for the first time. Tim. */ --- vnc-4.0b3-unixsrc/vncpasswd/vncpasswd.cxx.dotvnc2003-08-05 17:12:30.0 +0100 +++ vnc-4.0b3-unixsrc/vncpasswd/vncpasswd.cxx 2003-08-05 17:16:27.0 +0100 @@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ exit(1);

Re: 4.0b3 problem: updates only on mouse movement

2003-08-14 Thread Tim Waugh
I've been doing a little bit of debugging with this broken server, and I think it's caused by a memory scribble. At least, that's the only cause I can see. I rooted around with gdb and set a breakpoint in XserverDesktop. When I examined deferUpdateTime it was a very large number -- about 8 digit

4.0b3 vs xvncviewer 3.3.7?

2003-08-14 Thread Tim Waugh
Is anyone using Xvnc from the 4.0b3 distribution and xvncviewer 3.3.7? I've had a report that there is an interoperability problem there, with connections frequently dropping. Tim. */ [demime 0.99d.1 removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature]

4.0b3 problem: updates only on mouse movement

2003-08-14 Thread Tim Waugh
I'm viewing an Xvnc 4.0b3 server on Red Hat Linux, and it has been running since last night. It was fine until earlier ths morning, when (after disconnecting the viewer and reconnecting it) it suddenly started only updating the screen when I move the mouse. I'm typing this email through the viewe

4.0b3 and -log

2003-08-14 Thread Tim Waugh
Having just tried to use vncviewer's -log parameter just now, I can vouch for the fact that some documentation would have been nice. :-) I'm still not sure I understand how it works, but vncviewer -log '*:stderr:0' ... seems to turn off most messages. Tim. */ [demime 0.99d.1 removed an attac

4.0b3 and DisconnectClients

2003-08-14 Thread Tim Waugh
With DisconnectClients=false, I can't connect at all. I think it's because the code counts the number of authenticated clients and dumps the connection if the count is non-zero. But the connection about to be dumped counts towards that total. :-) Here is the patch that fixes it: --- rfb/VNCSCon

Re: TR: Xvnc, Mandrake 9.1 and KDE 3.1

2003-08-14 Thread Tim Waugh
On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 07:01:23PM +0200, vincent DEDIEU wrote: > In fact, the problem seems to be due to both Xfree4 and KDE3.1. > The new KDE 3.1 environment (display manager and desktop) uses new functions > of Xfree4 (maybe such as RENDER and GLX, but I'am not an expert). > Because these reque

Re: lossy video compression over vnc

2003-08-14 Thread Tim Waugh
On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 07:20:51PM +0200, Bob Arctor wrote: > was/is there any attempt to implement lossy compression (like jpeg) > to vnc, or attempt to reduce resolution of an tile by a factor > before compressing and sending to the client if network connection > is too slow ? Yes, TightVNC has

4.0b3 and vnc.so

2003-08-14 Thread Tim Waugh
In some situations it would be very useful to have the vnc extension module loaded and responding to vncconfig, but not accepting RFB or HTTP connections at all. For instance, a desktop applet might have a checkbox for 'Share my desktop'. I'd like to propose a new Boolean VNC configuration parame

4.0b3: vncviewer reading password from tty

2003-08-15 Thread Tim Waugh
Apparently some people liked and used the behaviour of vncviewer reading a password from the tty, and would like to see that behaviour again in 4.0: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=102434 Although they could switch to using the -passwd=file mechanism, it would be nice to prov

4.0b3: vncpasswd option parsing broken

2003-08-15 Thread Tim Waugh
Here is a patch to fix parsing of 'vncpasswd -q /tmp/vncpasswd': --- vnc-4.0b3-unixsrc/vncpasswd/vncpasswd.cxx.vncpasswdq2003-08-15 09:11:46.0 +0100 +++ vnc-4.0b3-unixsrc/vncpasswd/vncpasswd.cxx 2003-08-15 09:13:45.0 +0100 @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ for (int i = 1; i < argc; i

Re: 4.0b3: vncviewer reading password from tty

2003-08-15 Thread Tim Waugh
On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 02:08:05PM +0200, "Beerse, Corni" wrote: > I don't think vnc should do it. vnc provides proper, decent and relatively > save ways to pass the password phrase without having to type the password. The objection I hear is: "Vncpasswd stores the password in a file. It's enco

4.0b3 and vncconfig with vnc.so

2003-08-15 Thread Tim Waugh
Is it meant to be possible to dynamically change RFB and HTTP port numbers for the VNC extension module loaded into a real X server? I can't seem to get a) the RFB port number to change, or b) the HTTP listener to start at all Incidentally, 'vncconfig -get rfbport' gives '0' in this case. Is th

Re: 4.0b3 vs xvncviewer 3.3.7?

2003-08-18 Thread Tim Waugh
On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 10:13:45PM -0400, William Hooper wrote: > William Hooper said: > > Tim Waugh said: > >> Is anyone using Xvnc from the 4.0b3 distribution and xvncviewer 3.3.7? > >> I've had a report that there is an interoperability problem there, > >

4.0b3: another compilation fix

2003-08-18 Thread Tim Waugh
Some definitions of assert seem to want to coerce the parameter to 'long int'. Here are some fixes to avoid compilation errors. Tim. */ --- vnc-4.0b3-unixsrc/rfb/Region.cxx.compile2003-08-18 12:25:40.0 +0100 +++ vnc-4.0b3-unixsrc/rfb/Region.cxx2003-08-18 12:26:08.0 +0100

4.0b3: idle timeout

2003-08-20 Thread Tim Waugh
I've been seeing the idle timeout trigger after only a few seconds. I'm not sure that 15s is long enough for an authentication phase on a slow link. It isn't really clear to me what the purpose of IdleTimeout is actually. Is it for cleaning up stale connections? Wouldn't a keepalive method work

[patch] 4.0b3: ssh tunnelling support

2003-08-22 Thread Tim Waugh
Following a request I had for '-via' handling in RealVNC, here is the patch I used to make it happen. Tim. */ --- vnc-4.0b3-unixsrc/network/TcpSocket.cxx.via 2003-08-21 17:09:29.0 +0100 +++ vnc-4.0b3-unixsrc/network/TcpSocket.cxx 2003-08-21 18:24:29.0 +0100 @@ -49,6 +49,29 @@

Beta 4 soon?

2003-08-28 Thread Tim Waugh
Is there another 4.0 beta likely to be on the horizon soon? Tim. */ [demime 0.99d.1 removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature] ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailm

Re: [Off-Topic] Re: Your details

2003-08-28 Thread Tim Waugh
On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 12:52:08PM +0100, James ''Wez'' Weatherall wrote: > Perhaps the only safe .sig is: > > -- > This PC is not connected to a network. Or, we could all digitally sign our messages and only trust verified signatures. Oh, right, vnc-list strips those off.. ;-) Tim. */ vvv w

Re: GNOME

2003-08-28 Thread Tim Waugh
On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 01:44:57PM -0600, Eric Walker wrote: > I have my setup working on my linux box at work but some of the guys at > work can't get there setup to work. I am using gnome-session as my > window manager and it displays my entire session through vnc, but when > others at my job

Re: Vnc start apps

2003-08-31 Thread Tim Waugh
On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 03:44:21PM -0700, Brock Palen wrote: > I woudl like to make VNC start all the gome items like > a normal log in on red hat 8.0 so the pannel > background and all them are there. Waht do i put in > the xstartup file int /home/user_name/.vnc/xstartup > to make them all star

Re: Question about video capture

2003-09-03 Thread Tim Waugh
On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 12:33:14AM -0400, Michael Meagher wrote: > Dear List, > > Is it possible to use the VNC software to record into some kind of > video file (mpg?) what someone does on a computer for a period of > time, say 50 mins? Although it isn't really a video format, you can capture th

Re: Recording a VNC session

2003-09-03 Thread Tim Waugh
On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 09:28:48AM -0500, Jim Rowland wrote: > Has anyone recorded a VNC session for playback say in training? Anyone > know of a good third party software that captures a VNC session as a > MPEG or an AVI? This comes up fairly frequently on the mailing list: http://www.realvnc.c

4.0b3: timeout handling

2003-09-03 Thread Tim Waugh
I think that some of the timeout handling in VNC is quite sensitive to having things like NTP running. I have seen the idle timeout trigger after only a few seconds' use, and have also seen the deferUpdate timeout completely fail to trigger. My theory is that NTP is stepping the time back when I'

Re: 4.0b3: timeout handling

2003-09-04 Thread Tim Waugh
On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 06:45:43PM +0100, Tristan Richardson wrote: > I don't see how the original code could go wrong even if time went > backwards, unless there's some combination of signed/unsigned 32/64-bit > time_t/int that produces a weird value. It would cause a timeout if time > went suff

Re: Sending CTRL ALT Delete non - interactively to locked workstations

2003-09-08 Thread Tim Waugh
On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 11:55:10AM -0400, Mark Penkower wrote: > Have a program crawl around the network and detect which workstations are > locked - Then send CTRL ALT Delete to those workstations, along with the > appropriate passwords. > Can this software do this? You can use rfbplaymacro to p

Re: VNC 4.0 Beta 4

2003-09-09 Thread Tim Waugh
On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 07:57:06PM +0100, James ''Wez'' Weatherall wrote: > RealVNC is pleased to announce a new public beta release of VNC 4.0. > VNC 4.0 is a complete redesign of the VNC system, but maintains > backwards compatibility with the old VNC 3 releases. Works well for me. I still nee

Re: VNC & RENDERING

2003-09-14 Thread Tim Waugh
On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 03:23:51PM -0400, William Hooper wrote: > The underlying version has changed in the RealVNC 4 Beta, so you probably > want to give that a try. I know there were some issues with Render > support, but I'm not sure what. Even in the beta of 4.0, RealVNC does not support REN

Re: Linux vncserver Windows vncviewer

2003-09-14 Thread Tim Waugh
On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 03:49:32PM -0400, [FS] xMiles Tegx wrote: > I am unable to get my Windows XP vncviewer to connect to my Linux > RedHat 9.0 vncserver, but if I run it the other way around I am > fine. I can't seem to find anything that I am doing wrong and the > server seems to be working

Re: Xvnc on ia64

2003-09-14 Thread Tim Waugh
On Sat, Sep 13, 2003 at 12:04:22PM +0200, Peter Astrand wrote: > Has anyone successfully built Xvnc on ia64-redhat-linux (Red Hat 2.1AS)? > I've been able to compile it, but when trying to run, the server says: The 4.0beta4 version works for me. Tim. */ [demime 0.99d.1 removed an attachment of

Re: Updates only on mouse movement

2003-09-16 Thread Tim Waugh
On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 08:02:58AM -0700, Bill Nassauer wrote: > When connecting to any one of these servers, and consequently presented > with the xdm login screen, everything is normal and we are able to log > in normally. About 90% of the time, logging the user out of his/her > Linux session (

[patch] Xvnc 4.0b4 segfault

2003-09-19 Thread Tim Waugh
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=104702 I have seen a divide-by-zero crash a couple of times, here: #0 0x0817685d in rfb::RawEncoder::writeRect(rfb::Rect const&, rfb::ImageGetter*) (this=0x95a3a08, [EMAIL PROTECTED], ig=0x91db5b4) at RawEncoder.cxx:47 47int nRows =

Re: vnc4 on severn

2003-10-03 Thread Tim Waugh
On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 08:29:15AM -0400, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote: > However, something has broken. No, just the defaults have changed. > server = /usr/bin/Xvnc > server_args = :2 -inetd -query 192.168.0.3 -geometry 1024x768 -depth 16 > -once -fp unix/:7100

fullscreen vncviewer and xscreensaver

2003-10-08 Thread Tim Waugh
See: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=106552 This is with 4.0b4, the viewer running on Red Hat Linux. "When using vncviewer full-screen and the xscreensaver on the client locks the screen, you cannot unlock xscreensaver. It seems like vncviewer intercepts the pressed keys. Y

Re: can't get vncserver running

2003-10-13 Thread Tim Waugh
On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 08:08:00AM -0400, Liaw, Andy wrote: > Thanks for the reply. However, I think the problem is worse than that. If > I simply run Xvnc, I actually get segmentation fault. I suspect the problem > is simply faulty/non-working binary for the AMD64 (x86_64) > architecture. I t

Re: Feature discussion

2003-10-16 Thread Tim Waugh
On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 09:22:52PM +0200, Ivar Snaaijer (chello) wrote: > There has to be some timing in the stream, there probably is room > somewhere for a 2byte 'seconds' counter. > the idea is to just count seconds in between 'triggers' and recount them > when you play the file. > (set your wa

Re: [patch] Xvnc 4.0b4 segfault

2003-11-08 Thread Tim Waugh
On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 02:09:30PM +0100, Tim Waugh wrote: > void SMsgWriter::writeRect(const Rect& r, ImageGetter* ig) > { > - writeRect(r, cp->currentEncoding(), ig); > + if (r.width() && r.height()) > +writeRect(r, cp->currentEncoding(), ig); > }

Re: [patch] Xvnc 4.0b4 segfault

2003-11-08 Thread Tim Waugh
Here is the patch I am testing now: --- vnc-4.0b4-unixsrc/rfb/SMsgWriter.cxx.crash 2003-06-27 14:10:14.0 +0100 +++ vnc-4.0b4-unixsrc/rfb/SMsgWriter.cxx2003-11-08 13:54:12.0 + @@ -92,9 +92,19 @@ void SMsgWriter::writeFramebufferUpdate(const UpdateInfo& ui, ImageGette

Re: Xvnc 4.0b4 segfault

2003-11-09 Thread Tim Waugh
On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 01:11:49PM -, James Weatherall wrote: > A bug in the Region class has been discovered and will be patched in the > next release. It seems a likely candidate to explain the rectangle > oddities you've encountered. Excellent! Do you have any more information about the

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