Re: VNC performance issues w/ DSL?

2001-02-06 Thread Joshua J. Kugler
Oops...that should be "But DON'T use 8 bit on the SERVER end." The restrict to 8 bit on the user end still applies. I've found that to go quite quickly. j- k- At 08:03 PM Tuesday 2/6/2001 -0900, you allegedly said: >Make sure the users are using optimized settings. The fastest settin

Re: VNC performance issues w/ DSL?

2001-02-06 Thread David W. Chapman Jr.
I think it has to do with the color palette and converting, with 8 bit it requires a lot of extra work > Make sure the users are using optimized settings. The fastest setting > (oddly enough) I've found is 24 bits per pixel on the server end, or use 16 > bits per pixel, then restrict to 8 bits o

Re: VNC performance issues w/ DSL?

2001-02-06 Thread Joshua J. Kugler
Make sure the users are using optimized settings. The fastest setting (oddly enough) I've found is 24 bits per pixel on the server end, or use 16 bits per pixel, then restrict to 8 bits on the user end. But DON'T use 8 bit on the user end. Things look bad, and it's still really slow (don't

Can't get Xvnc to compile.

2001-02-06 Thread ferret
I can't seem to get Xvnc to compile. I looked for things to change in ./config/cf, but there are a ton of files in there and I have no idea what any of them do. I was scared that if I started editing them I would just make things worse. The following is what happens when I type 'make World' in

Re: VNC performance issues w/ DSL?

2001-02-06 Thread David W. Chapman Jr.
Maybe you're using up your bandwidth? I know vnc doesn't usually take up that much bandwith, but I've seen it burst to 10mbps on my hub on my network here. > > So I've got about 300 people using VNC around here. The most common way > to > > use it is with a Windows viewer connecting to a UNIX s

Re: winvnc, internet explorer, scrolling

2001-02-06 Thread Thomas B. Lerman
I have the same problem and it occurs no matter what I have used as a viewer . . . I have used IE and vncviewer for Windows & Linux. The way I get around it is usually clicking on the title bar (as long as the window is not maximized). It seems that discussion was going around suggesting using dif

Re: VNC performance issues w/ DSL?

2001-02-06 Thread Thomas B. Lerman
Strange . . . I use DSL (asymmetrical) as well, but do not have any problems (either coming into the DSL or going out of). - Original Message - From: "Jeff Boerio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 16:15 Subject: VNC performance issues w/ DSL?

Re: winvnc, internet explorer, scrolling

2001-02-06 Thread Jonathan Morton
>We're running WinVNC 3.3.3R7 on NT and noticed that scrolling by >dragging the slider isn't correctly rendered (linux and NT viewers). >Searching through the archives I found a few references to the problem >back in Feb 1999 ("Screen Refresh"). The conclusion seemed to be that >Internet Explorer

winvnc, internet explorer, scrolling

2001-02-06 Thread stanonik
We're running WinVNC 3.3.3R7 on NT and noticed that scrolling by dragging the slider isn't correctly rendered (linux and NT viewers). Searching through the archives I found a few references to the problem back in Feb 1999 ("Screen Refresh"). The conclusion seemed to be that Internet Explorer perf

VNC performance issues w/ DSL?

2001-02-06 Thread Jeff Boerio
So I've got about 300 people using VNC around here. The most common way to use it is with a Windows viewer connecting to a UNIX server. Many times in the evening, some of my users want to access their environment from home, and most have DSL connections. I've started hearing complaints about po

Re: Special Keystrokes

2001-02-06 Thread Jonathan Morton
>> BTW, the correct sequence for getting out of full-screen mode on Windows >is >> Ctrl-Esc Esc - did you try sending those keystrokes, or were they just (as >> I suspect) swallowed by Windows before the VNC client even saw them? > >The problem was the keystrokes were swallowed by windows before t

Re: Special Keystrokes

2001-02-06 Thread Anjul Srivastava
> >A robust solution to these problems is to have the VNC client recognize two > >key-strokes, perhaps user-definable. One keystroke is the pass-through > >keystroke that tells VNC to send the next keystroke to the remote machine. The > >next keystroke could be anything at all, including another p

PLEASE HELP!!! java.net.SocketException!

2001-02-06 Thread Edward Sullivan
Below is my original post of the problem - has ANYONE else run into this? I have tried several different Win2K systems and on some the error occurs, on others VNC loads normally. Thanks in advance for your assistance!! -Original Message- From: Edward Sullivan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] S

Re: newbie question

2001-02-06 Thread simonD
Nando2 wrote: > > Hello all! > > I would like to manage my Linux system through VNC remotely with my Palm V. > > What I need to do is to have access to the bash command line. run xterm (et al) on the vncserver m/c. > Does VNC support that or It can be only used with X Windows? > > Also, Does

Re: newbie question

2001-02-06 Thread Angel Martín Alganza
On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Nando2 wrote: > What I need to do is to have access to the bash command line. Why don't you telnet into the Linux box instead if you don't need X? If the reason is that you like to leave programs running and re-connect to the same session later (as I do), you could use 'scree

Re: newbie question

2001-02-06 Thread mike
Get palmvnc and try it. I think it should work. Works for me. -- Michael H. Collins http://www.linuxlink.com Ask me about Plan 9. - To unsubscribe, send a message with the line: unsubscribe vnc

WinVNC and Active Directory?

2001-02-06 Thread Brachmann Shaun
I remember reading about a modification to make WinVNC understand some NT group authentication. Has anyone taken it the next step and done anything with authentication in Active Directory? - To unsubscribe, send a message with th

Re: window display problems with AIX/UNIX...

2001-02-06 Thread Tim Waugh
On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 08:00:01AM -0500, Magnone, Angelo wrote: > can you explain... what do you mean by "window manager"? http://www.google.com/search?q=window+managers+for+x> is only a click or two away from http://www.plig.org/xwinman/intro.html>. It's the thing that gives you a title bar.

RE: window display problems with AIX/UNIX...

2001-02-06 Thread Magnone, Angelo
can you explain... what do you mean by "window manager"? -Original Message- From: Andrew Lyon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 2001, February, 06 3:08 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: window display problems with AIX/UNIX... sounds like your window manager isnt running, check you

newbie question

2001-02-06 Thread Nando2
Hello all! I would like to manage my Linux system through VNC remotely with my Palm V. What I need to do is to have access to the bash command line. Does VNC support that or It can be only used with X Windows? Also, Does X have to be opened in one of my servers terminals in order to access it

RE: tridia and winvnc

2001-02-06 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Chris Burgess wrote: > Excuse my stupidity but what are the benefits of tight encoding and > how do I set it up, Tight encoding is optimized for low-bandwidth networks. There's a link to the home page in the contributions section of the VNC web page. You "set it up" either by

RE: tridia and winvnc

2001-02-06 Thread Chris Burgess
Excuse my stupidity but what are the benefits of tight encoding and how do I set it up, Also where is and what are the benefits of the java installer?? Thanks Cb -Original Message- From: Todd A. Jacobs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 06 February 2001 08:55 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subje

Re: tridia and winvnc

2001-02-06 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Chris Burgess wrote: > Could someone possibly explain the main differences and possible > benefits/drawbacks in TridiaVNC over the AT&T version.. Tridia includes some enhancements such as tight encoding and a Java installer. The main drawback is the download size (7MB+) due t

tridia and winvnc

2001-02-06 Thread Chris Burgess
Could someone possibly explain the main differences and possible benefits/drawbacks in TridiaVNC over the AT&T version.. Thanks in advance Chris Burgess - To unsubscribe, send a message with the line: unsubscribe vnc-list to [EMA

RE: window display problems with AIX/UNIX...

2001-02-06 Thread Andrew Lyon
sounds like your window manager isnt running, check your config -Original Message- From: Magnone, Angelo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 05 February 2001 18:34 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: window display problems with AIX/UNIX... I've had VNC (unix version) install on our AIX serve