Re: Null-Modem PPP

2001-05-23 Thread James Hall
I'll have to consider the usb-ether adapter.. however, I'll need a usb hub or to unplug my scanner when I go to use it (not that big of a deal, really..) no usb on the laptop side, altho I do already have a modem/lan card. - Original Message - From: "Ran Sasson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[

Re: Null-Modem PPP

2001-05-23 Thread Norberto Alfredo Bensa
- Original Message - From: "Ran Sasson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 03:29 Subject: Re: Null-Modem PPP > > Eventually I'll buy a secondary Ethernet card for my desktop win2k > machine > > and run a null ethernet cable between the two, but I'm t

RE: Remove Wallpaper Option always "on" under win2K ??

2001-05-23 Thread Bo Berglund
What is ServiceHelper? Is it a W2000 function? /Bo -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sebastian Laatsch Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 6:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Remove Wallpaper Option always "on" under win2K ?? I'm using WinVNC

Re: Null-Modem PPP

2001-05-23 Thread Ran Sasson
> Eventually I'll buy a secondary Ethernet card for my desktop win2k machine > and run a null ethernet cable between the two, but I'm trying to save my > money right now :P I use USB ethernet connector to connect short term machines with no NIC. It's 9Mbp (port speed), and support 10/100LAN. It'

Re: Ghosting??

2001-05-23 Thread Jack Frozt
I don't want to spy. I mean VNC kinda lets you do that minus the ablity to hide the tray icon. I want to know is there a way to install and run stuff without the user knowing. I need this at my job bc I want to be able to work on the users computer, if possible, while they are working. pcAnywhere

Null-Modem PPP

2001-05-23 Thread James Hall
Hopefully this isn't too OT and someone can help me, I have a windows 2000 pro desktop, and a windows 95 laptop, I also have a null modem cable to connect the two. What I'd like to do is simply hook up the cable and having them connect via PPP at 115k and then go on from there. I have been able to

Re: Ghosting??

2001-05-23 Thread Mike Doyle
Read the Fine manual at: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/winvnc.html It lists some advanced reg settings. Like preventing closing the server or displaying properties. Also consider TridiaVNC, it has an option to hide the tray icon. Although I don't see what you can work on without the us

Re: Ghosting??

2001-05-23 Thread Harmen van der Wal
Jack Frozt wrote: > > Does anyone know how to Ghost? Like in pcAnywhere. Where you change > something in the registry and you can be on a users computer and they can't > see you. Yet you can still work on it. Also, is there a way to hide the tray > icon? > They say linux is a true multighost op

Outbound connections on Windwos VNCserver..

2001-05-23 Thread Michael F. March
Is there any way from the command line to specify the outbound port out a outbound connection from the VNC server from the command line? thanks! - To unsubscribe, send a message with the line: unsubscribe vnc-list to [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Failed to connect to server

2001-05-23 Thread Saleel Majeed
It's ok guys, fixed it. Rather then choosing "auto" for the desktop number, I specified my own, and it worked. Not sure why though! Thanks anyway. Saleel [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Scott C. Best" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sen

RE: VNC Connection Freezes / Drops

2001-05-23 Thread Mark Harris
James, The VNCviewer that freezes (in our case) is a Windows 2000 box. VNCserver is running on an NT box.The symptom is that the cursor (mouse) freezes on the vncviewer window, only allowing us to move the dot. We can move up and close the vncviewer window and restart the viewer and continue

RE: VNC Connection Freezes / Drops

2001-05-23 Thread David Lankford
VNCviewer is running on a WinNT4 machine and the WinVNC (App Mode) is running on a Win2k Pro system. Version 3.3.3r9 I have not noticed it freezing when I minimize/restore the window. I can connect and just move the mouse around for a short period of time before the cursor freezes. The longes

RE: VNC Connection Freezes / Drops

2001-05-23 Thread Mark Harris
Jason, Where do you check "poll full window" ? Thanks Mark H. Harris <>< Staff Software Engineer Software Tools Development - IBM Rochester, MN iSeries Dept EL8Y/664-3 E115 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (8) 456-6910 1-507-286-6910 -

Re: VNC Connection Freezes / Drops

2001-05-23 Thread Mark Harris
> Over some time, something happens between the viewer and the server, and > one or the other will hang. In our case, closing the windows and > reestablishing the connection gets us going again. Time before the hang > varies, but is definitely not network related. Something else is going > o

RE: VNC Connection Freezes / Drops

2001-05-23 Thread Jason Hatter
I have seen this happen when using vnc between win2k boxes. I am controlling a dozen or so servers from a laptop w/ wireless lan connectivity. Anytime a new server is put into place I will tweak it and monitor it using vnc. After it is in production for a couple of days we will send it to its dest

Re: VNC Connection Freezes / Drops

2001-05-23 Thread James ''Wez'' Weatherall
> In my initial request, I stated the paragraph below. In this instance, the > connection does not automatically cause the viewer to close, it just freezes > the connection requiring that the connection be manually closed. > > " 2. Frequently, the cusor will freeze and the connection will nee

RE: VNC Connection Freezes / Drops

2001-05-23 Thread David Lankford
In my initial request, I stated the paragraph below. In this instance, the connection does not automatically cause the viewer to close, it just freezes the connection requiring that the connection be manually closed. " 2. Frequently, the cusor will freeze and the connection will need to be c

Re: VNC Connection Freezes / Drops

2001-05-23 Thread James ''Wez'' Weatherall
> Over some time, something happens between the viewer and the server, and > one or the other will hang. In our case, closing the windows and > reestablishing the connection gets us going again. Time before the hang > varies, but is definitely not network related. Something else is going >

RE: Ghosting??

2001-05-23 Thread Kurt Thelen
I'm looking for the same kind of info.drop me a line if you find [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kurt Thelen CE / Operations Manager KMTR, KMTX, KMTZ & KMOR TV 541.988.4530 -Original Message- From: Jack Frozt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 9:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: vnc-list-digest V1 #1145

2001-05-23 Thread James ''Wez'' Weatherall
This sounds more as if the Service Helper isn't running. If the Service Helper doesn't run then WinVNC doesn't know a user has logged on, so it will pick the wrong registry settings. You can check by looking for the VNC tray icon. Cheers, James "Wez" Weatherall -- "The path to enligh

Re: VNC Connection Freezes / Drops

2001-05-23 Thread James ''Wez'' Weatherall
> From: "James ''Wez'' Weatherall" > > This sounds like an issue with your network. > > you can call these "network issues" but it is tcp after all and packets do > get lost. TCP is designed to retransmit lost packets and to drop connections if packet loss prevents data being transferred, which

Re: MAJOR bug with 3.3.3r9 on Windows XP

2001-05-23 Thread James ''Wez'' Weatherall
> > Right. I know what the code causing the problem is, but not > > why it causes a problem. It *looks* like the problem is that > > the thread which restores the desktop to its normal settings > > is running as the wrong user in some situations. > > > > What happens during a successful connecti

Ghosting??

2001-05-23 Thread Jack Frozt
Does anyone know how to Ghost? Like in pcAnywhere. Where you change something in the registry and you can be on a users computer and they can't see you. Yet you can still work on it. Also, is there a way to hide the tray icon? __ FREE Personalized Emai

Remove Wallpaper Option always "on" under win2K ??

2001-05-23 Thread Sebastian Laatsch
I'm using WinVNC 3.3.3r9 as a service under Windows2000. Normally I don't use the ServiceHelper, because there is only one user on this system (and I have enough symbols in the tray ;-)). With WinVNC 3.3.3r7 everything run as I supposed (without starting the ServiceHelper): I could lock the sys

Re: VNC Connection Freezes / Drops

2001-05-23 Thread Mark Harris
James says, "This sounds like an issue with your network." - Nope. We have reproduced this behavior between two boxes (NT W2K) that are on the same ring... that is, we aren't even making two hops; we never hit a router or bridge. In our case the machines are using token ring; however, t

RE: vnc-list-digest V1 #1145

2001-05-23 Thread Lanier, Brian (CCI-San Diego CCC)
You are correct in describing the screen that I could not describe so simply. Thanks and thanks for your response. I understand what you are saying and you are right, AFAIK, about the security state at that point. I just figured that if I can log off and log back on, or vnc in at the ctrl-alt-d

Re: BAD LINK TO YOUR AIX VNC WEBSITE

2001-05-23 Thread Charles Hines
> "Aideen" == Aideen McConville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Aideen> Hi, Hello. Aideen> Thanks Clayton for pointing out the broken link. Actually, the broken link was pointed out on the VNC mailing list a couple of months ago I believe...I even carried on a little discussion there about it

Re: VNC Connection Freezes / Drops

2001-05-23 Thread Mac Reiter
>you can call these "network issues" but it is tcp after all and packets do >get lost. Ummm... UDP is the unreliable protocol family. TCP has guaranteed in-order delivery of all packets. If that guarantee is broken, the connection is supposed to be severed. If you are actually losing TCP pa

Xvnc installaton on Solaris2.6

2001-05-23 Thread Muammer Celebi (Platco)
I have an error when I ran the command vncserver on the unix as: "vncserver: couldn't find "xauth" on your PATH" the path of the xauth is "/usr/openwin/bin/xauth" and xrdb is: "/usr/openwin/bin/xrdb" I don't know how can I change the path of those in the vncserver script.Do you have any idea ab

RE: FIX: How to install VNC on a remote machine

2001-05-23 Thread Joe Campbell
I think the question is: Given you have the ability to manipulate the registry, exactly what change(s) need to be made to make the VNCServer icon disappear from the SysTray? With TridiaVNC, they have an option \HKLM\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3\Default\DisableTrayIcon which I set to 1 with no success.

RE: CAPS LOCK Bug

2001-05-23 Thread Andrew Lyon
I get a similar problem, where the caps lock becomes inverted, often the machine running the winvnc.exe server will have the caps light off, but it will actually be in UPPER CASE mode, pressing the caps lock button turns off caps lock but the caps lock light comes on. It really confuses users. A

CAPS LOCK Bug

2001-05-23 Thread Jarvis, Mike
Does anyone know of a problem with the CAPS LOCK? WinVNC and windows viewer V3.3.3r9 If the CAPS LOCK is left on in certain applications (WORD97 and EXCEL97 so far) the insertion point behaves as though the shift key is held down for multi-line selection. You can eliminate the problem by togg

Re: Windows 2000 fun

2001-05-23 Thread James ''Wez'' Weatherall
Set the QuerySetting for the SYSTEM user to the value which always accepts connections, never queries. (You will need to add a SYSTEM key under HKLM/Software/ORL/WinVNC3) Cheers, James "Wez" Weatherall -- "The path to enlightenment is /usr/bin/enlightenment" Laboratory for Communicati

Re: How do I start vncserver as a non root user

2001-05-23 Thread Akira Hatakeyama
Greetings. On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 02:02:06PM -0700, Mohamed Shafeen wrote: > > I wanted to know how to start the vncserver in solaris > 8 as a normal user .. vncserver works well for normal user. No priviledge required. If Xvnc does not work, then check FAQ (#23). -- Akira Hatakeyama

How do I start vncserver as a non root user

2001-05-23 Thread Mohamed Shafeen
Hi all , I wanted to know how to start the vncserver in solaris 8 as a normal user .. The reason is, I need to install Oracle in a Netra T1 server .. I installed vnc in the Solaris 8 & started as root .. Then loged frm a win2k machine using the vncnviewer . So it displays the GUI with root previ

Re: vnc-list-digest V1 #1145

2001-05-23 Thread Richard Harris
> Suddenly the Windows NT4 logon bitmap appears on my desktop! I don't > mean the logon dialogue, just the bitmap that is shown behind the > login dialogue when I power up my system. This bitmap is now on my > desktop. I think this as WinVNC reads the registry for the default wallpaper - obvious

Re: FIX: How to install VNC on a remote machine

2001-05-23 Thread Richard Harris
> From: Jack Frozt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: > > Do you know how to do a "ghost" kind of VNC? Maybe change something in > the registry like in pcAnywhere. When you can do things on the other > computer and the user can't see what you're doing. With NT you can use the NT Resource Kit to man