Re: Newbie - VNC on Windows XP Pro

2002-03-21 Thread Alex K. Angelopoulos
You pretty much said it. I have XP Pro, BTW. I've been using VNCViewer in various flavors for connecting to various VNC hosts (Windows and Linux) without any problems for a while, and run the WinVNC server occasionally on XP. As far as VNC and multiple users goes, it behaves the same way as Win

ip address

2002-03-21 Thread xBANEx
somone please help me... i really need to fix this, i want to use vnc s badly... i am a client using internet sharing. i cant touch the servor computer becuase its not mine, the ip addess its giving me is the same one as the servor and vnc doesnt work on that. can somone please tell me how

ip address

2002-03-21 Thread xBANEx
somone please help me... i really need to fix this, i want to use vnc s badly... i am a client using internet sharing. i cant touch the servor computer becuase its not mine, the ip addess its giving me is the same one as the servor and vnc doesnt work on that. can somone please tell me how

Re: no static ip

2002-03-21 Thread Jonathan Morton
>My dsl connection changes ip# every 12 hours from the ISP (Bellsouth Fast >Access). Is there a way I can have the new IP# sent to me when it changes or >some type of software that does this ? http://www.dyndns.org/ -- -- from: Jon

no static ip

2002-03-21 Thread Chip Wood
My dsl connection changes ip# every 12 hours from the ISP (Bellsouth Fast Access). Is there a way I can have the new IP# sent to me when it changes or some type of software that does this ? Otherwise I have to call the office to get the current IP# to connect remotely. Thanks Chip Corinth MS --

Re: VNC and Gnome Nautilus

2002-03-21 Thread Michael Ossmann
On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 03:39:44PM -0800, Roger Williams wrote: > Does anyone have any idea why Mandrake 8.x Nautilus won't launch in a > VNC client window?Everything else seems to be fine. Does it give you any error messages? If you are launching it from an icon, try it from the command line to

Re: VNC and Tera Term SSH

2002-03-21 Thread Alex K. Angelopoulos
The images are now available from: http://www.bittnet.com/vnc/files/ttermimages.zip - Original Message - From: "Roger Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 2002-03-21 13:38 Subject: VNC and Tera Term SSH : New to the list I am, but if this is useful, car

Re: Newbie - VNC on Windows XP Pro

2002-03-21 Thread Bill Reedy
I've been using it on Windows XP Home, but not without an occasional problem. As a server, it works very well, but I have had it reboot spontaneously when using Tight encoding with TightVNC. As a client it seems to be a little more troublesome when connecting to Win9x servers. Again, the error i

VNC and Gnome Nautilus

2002-03-21 Thread Roger Williams
Does anyone have any idea why Mandrake 8.x Nautilus won't launch in a VNC client window?Everything else seems to be fine. Specs: Linux Mandrake 8.x running vncserver Win XP Home running vncviewer local 10mbps Ethernet network Thanks Roger ---

Newbie - VNC on Windows XP Pro

2002-03-21 Thread AllanL
I did a search on the archives and got no hits on xp(I tried), does the software work on XP and how does it deal or not with the concept of users? - To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in

Re: File Transfers...again (yet?)

2002-03-21 Thread John Roland Elliott
The scenario you describe does sound cumbersome the way you wrote it out but I think that's more because of the ftp tools you chose rather than something systemic to ftp, the file transfer protocol. Have you considered WS-FTP on the Windows box rather than the command line ftp utility? Have you co

Re:VNC through Netgear RT314

2002-03-21 Thread David Smith
>I have a client witha NetGear RT314 and I'd like to use VNC through it. I've >configured other clients through different routers/firewalls to make a >connection with no problem. Unfortunately, the RT314 doesn't have a facility >to forward UDP ports, only TCP ports. I know that VNC requires both U

RE: file transfers *from* Windows (was "File Transfers...again (yet?)")

2002-03-21 Thread David Milligan
For a SCP server for Windows (not 9X) use http://www.networksimplicity.com/openssh/. For Windows client use WinSCP from http://winscp.vse.cz/. - To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the m

file transfers *from* Windows (was "File Transfers...again (yet?)")

2002-03-21 Thread Mike Miller
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Glenn Mabbutt wrote: > If you're already using a secure tunnel program for your vnc connection, > you may be able to use tftp. Small, fast for small transfers, > clients/servers for many platforms. The original question was, I think, about transfering files *from* a Window

RE: File Transfers...again (yet?)

2002-03-21 Thread Mike Miller
On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, David Milligan wrote: > Use SCP rather than FTP. It is secure and there are a number of freebies > for different platforms. Can anyone recommend a freely-available ssh server for Windows? (I didn't even know that one existed.) It's easy to get a good scp client for Windows

RE: File Transfers...again (yet?)

2002-03-21 Thread Glenn Mabbutt
If you're already using a secure tunnel program for your vnc connection, you may be able to use tftp. Small, fast for small transfers, clients/servers for many platforms. -Original Message- From: Charlie Summers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 4:07 PM To: [EMAIL

RE: File Transfers...again (yet?)

2002-03-21 Thread David Milligan
Use SCP rather than FTP. It is secure and there are a number of freebies for different platforms. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Charlie Summers > Sent: Friday, 22 March 2002 09:07 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: File Transfers..

Re: New to VNC.

2002-03-21 Thread Michael Ossmann
A VNC server that ignores all user input would be an appropriate solution, though. You can set the "Disable Remote Keyboard & Pointer" option in WinVNC. -- Mike Ossmann, Tarantella/UNIX Engineer/Instructor Alternative Technology, Inc. http://www.alttech.com/ ---

File Transfers...again (yet?)

2002-03-21 Thread Charlie Summers
Folks; Before I start, let me say how much I appreciate VNC and those here on the list who support it and its users. I have a small shop with mixed machines (Mac, Windows, linux) and it has been a godsend for us, keeping the number of monitors in the place down to managable levels. Thanks to o

Re: VNC Authentication via Form/Query String

2002-03-21 Thread Michael Ossmann
On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 11:04:00AM -0800, Marc Bertone wrote: > I was looking for a way to use the browser based viewer to pass the password > into the applet using a form or the query string. For example, I would like > to connect to http://1.2.3.4:5800?pass=thispass or something similar. > > O

VNC server in Java

2002-03-21 Thread kiran chandramohan
hi friends I am going to do a project in VNC. I like to know * Will it be advisable to build the VNC server in Java * Has anyone build the VNC server in Java. Kinly let me know, if anyone has any ideas about these. regards Kiran ---

Re: Mouse Dropping

2002-03-21 Thread Mark . Reeder
On 21/03/2002 20:18:54 Nick Timmins wrote: > After re-connection the > mouse appears to have locked on to the last window accessed as if I have the > left button depressed (i.e. it drags even although I do not have the left > button depressed). What should I do to rectify this? ...traditionally,

Re: New to VNC.

2002-03-21 Thread Alex K. Angelopoulos
I was looking for that particular resource. It also looks like you would understand my old test network naming scheme (nobody ever took servers named "Mort" and "Binky" seriously) - Original Message - From: "Grant McDorman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Trunktracker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> C

Re: VNC and Tera Term SSH

2002-03-21 Thread Alex K. Angelopoulos
Roger, mimes are removed in transit by the list server. If you want to email it directly to me, I can toss the zip up onto my company website for people to access easily... I might as well do something else besides duel over port numbering systems... ;) - Original Message - From: "Roger

Re: The Next Generation display numbers

2002-03-21 Thread Alex K. Angelopoulos
You may have lost me on the "3 ports" thing... You're saying that on Unix-like operating systems there is actually a 3-port interplay to VNC? I assume you mean if using HTTP also, that there is a separate port used for the web server, VNC, and then X Window system traffic? That does make symbolic

Re: VNC through port 80? - having problems

2002-03-21 Thread Alex K. Angelopoulos
I cheated, Steve. This exact conversation happened in an exchange in this list about 6 weeks ago, and I skipped to the "copy-paste" thing in my post yesterday about this... BTW, what's the trick to coming up with 4294961476 and 4294961417? - Original Message - From: "Steve Palocz" <[EMA

Mouse Problem?

2002-03-21 Thread Nick Timmins
I have recently installed a wheel mouse that does not have a roller ball. I am finding that when I establish remote access it works for a short time then the connection drops and I need to re-connect. After re-connection the mouse appears to have locked on to the last window accessed as if I have

Re: Ugly background

2002-03-21 Thread Michael Ossmann
On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 02:26:49PM -0500, Lee Allen wrote: > I am using vncviewer (Windows98, Linux) with Xvnc (Linux) to run an > application without a window manager. The background that is used, that > ugly black & white weave ... is there any way to change that? Perhaps to a > solid color?

Ugly background

2002-03-21 Thread Lee Allen
I am using vncviewer (Windows98, Linux) with Xvnc (Linux) to run an application without a window manager. The background that is used, that ugly black & white weave ... is there any way to change that? Perhaps to a solid color? It's ugly, and it gives the application window the appearance of ha

Video driver

2002-03-21 Thread tgraham
Never mind I found it. For others looking for it: http://services.simac.be/vnc/winvncdrv/index.html - To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.resear

VNC Authentication via Form/Query String

2002-03-21 Thread Marc Bertone
I was looking for a way to use the browser based viewer to pass the password into the applet using a form or the query string. For example, I would like to connect to http://1.2.3.4:5800?pass=thispass or something similar. Of course if there is another way to create a link / form / POST that wil

WinVNC video driver

2002-03-21 Thread tgraham
Where can I get the video driver by Rudi De Vos? I cannot seem to find anything other than a passing mention of its existence with no link to where I can get it? Thanks! - To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'u

Re: Restricting access

2002-03-21 Thread Michael Ossmann
On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 10:04:00AM +1100, Andrew van der Stock wrote: > TS access in administrative mode is actually governed by ACLs which > you can adjust in the TS configuration snap-in, and via group policy. Ah. Thanks for the good info. -- Mike Ossmann, Tarantella/UNIX Engineer/Instructor

VNC and Tera Term SSH

2002-03-21 Thread Roger Williams
The following section of this message contains a file attachment prepared for transmission using the Internet MIME message format. If you are using Pegasus Mail, or any another MIME-compliant system, you should be able to save it or view it from within your mailer. If you cannot, please ask your s

VNC and Tera Term SSH

2002-03-21 Thread Roger Williams
New to the list I am, but if this is useful, carry on. Attached is a file (ttermimages.zip) that shows via screenshots the steps necessary to establish a Tera Term Pro SSH session from a Windows vncviewer to a Unix vncserver. This didn't seem well covered in the page SSH page at the download s

Re: VNC through port 80? - having problems

2002-03-21 Thread Michael Ossmann
On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 04:47:04PM -0700, Scott The Axe O'Bryan wrote: > Should be no reason you couldn't proxy the 5900 port also. I believe > that that it precisely what vnc proxy does. In general, that's true, but I think he was referring to a web proxy which would most likely choke on anythi

RE: VNC through port 80? - having problems

2002-03-21 Thread Kyle Yamnitz
> Unfortunately you can't enter negative numbers in vnc. > for port 80 try 4294961476 > for port 21 try 4294961417 Yes you can actually. Just copy and paste from notepad. Later, --Kyle - To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROT

RE: The Next Generation display numbers

2002-03-21 Thread Wayne Throop
:: That 1-port-per display issue is one of the things that struck me as :: particularly inelegant when I first encountered VNC; without knowing :: anything about the technical details behind it, I am guessing that it :: was motivated by some shortcut taken to simplify the original :: implementatio

RE: VNC through port 80? - having problems

2002-03-21 Thread Steve Palocz
Unfortunately you can't enter negative numbers in vnc. for port 80 try 4294961476 for port 21 try 4294961417 Steve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kyle Yamnitz Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 9:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: VNC

RE: Watching video using VNC

2002-03-21 Thread Jonathan Morton
>Is this simply because that the video in application is a >hardware solution, or do other graphical systems bypass VNC? It's mostly restricted to video. However, some early 3D cards (specifically the 3dfx Voodoo and Voodoo2) attached inline with the existing video adapter, and would also show

Re: VNC authentication failed, after working for months

2002-03-21 Thread Bill Reedy
LOL No, not reallyat least my bank account doesn't say so. ...br Humble, Middle-class, Lead Programmer/Analyst - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 9:03 AM Subject: RE: VNC authentication failed, after working for

Re: Watching video using VNC

2002-03-21 Thread Bill Reedy
I have used VNC to peek on someone playing an FPS shooter, like Unreal Tournament or Elite Force, and other graphic-intense games. The result is usually the same with most DirectX-related software -- the image is wrapped and overlaid in a weird fashion in that you really can't make out too many d

Re: VNC authentication failed, after working for months

2002-03-21 Thread Alex K. Angelopoulos
And in the care, apparently. I would say I wish my clients were like you... but I would probably starve... ;) - Original Message - From: "Bill Reedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 2002-03-21 11:55 Subject: Re: VNC authentication failed, after working for mo

RE: Watching video using VNC

2002-03-21 Thread "Beerse, Corné"
> -Original Message- > A recent question regarding using VNC to view streaming media > caught my eye. > I have a home network with several computers. I regularly > use VNC to control > machines from other machines. Everything is W2K. > > I have a computer with a video-in card that is

Re: Watching video using VNC

2002-03-21 Thread Alex K. Angelopoulos
You may have jumped out of video games before Wolfenstein and Doom, Mike (FPS=First-Person-Shooter) but your comment below is dead on. This is precisely the issue with trying to "see" a typical modern game remotely. They use 3D acceleration built into the video card; with "software" rendering ins

Re: New to VNC.

2002-03-21 Thread Grant McDorman
You could also use vncsnapshot to take periodic snapshots of the VNC server and upload that. . Of course, there are other applications that can be used to get screen grabs from the command line. A continuously updating display is much harder, though; as other people have commented, you really

Re: VNC authentication failed, after working for months

2002-03-21 Thread Bill Reedy
Now, now, nowLet's not jump to conclusions. My gateway is a WinME system and goes many months between reboots. Even then, it's just for maintenance or upgrade issues. It's all in the tuning... :-) ...br - Original Message - From: Alex K. Angelopoulos To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Watching video using VNC

2002-03-21 Thread Mike Miller
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Christopher Tesla wrote: > I find it very interesting that some applications bypass the system in > this way. I assumed (incorrectly, I guess) that VNC simply shows > everything that the monitor shows. Is this simply because that the > video in application is a hardware sol

RE: VNC authentication failed, after working for months

2002-03-21 Thread Shola . Ogunlokun
Are your you are not Bill Gates!! >>Now, now, nowLet's not jump to conclusions. My gateway is a WinME system and goes many months between reboots. Even then, it's just for maintenance or upgrade issues. It's all in the tuning... :-) Thanks Shola Ogunlokun IT Email Team +44 20 7330 4230

Re: Varying displays?

2002-03-21 Thread Grant McDorman
$DISPLAY will be set before .xsession is run, by the system. Remove the export DISPLAY=:x from the .xsession; it is not only unnecessary but is wrong. According to Bryan Alves: > say I have 2 users, fryguy and bonzo, and each one has export display=:x > in there .xsession file. How can I make it

Re: Watching video using VNC

2002-03-21 Thread Mike Miller
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Christopher Tesla wrote: > I have a computer with a video-in card that is plugged into my TV > downstairs. I can run the video software and watch TV on the computer. > Sometimes I am working upstairs on my laptop and would like to have that > same function. When I use VNC to

Re: Watching video using VNC

2002-03-21 Thread Jonathan Morton
>When I use VNC to access the TV computer it works fine but the >window that shows the video signal is black. That's because TV cards normally use an "overlay" mode to boost performance and free the CPU. The TV signal never reaches the video card's framebuffer where VNC can see it, but is ins

Patches for TightVNC and/or VNC (fwd)

2002-03-21 Thread Ivan Popov
It looks like my cc: did not make it to the list... I believe it belongs here, too. Sorry for double traffic for those on both lists... :( -- Ivan -- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 14:38:01 +0100 (MET) From: Ivan Popov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [E

RE: Watching video using VNC

2002-03-21 Thread Shola . Ogunlokun
Wrong use of VNC. What you need to do is install windows media encoder on the TV Computer, and then use windows media player on your laptop to connect to the encoder. visit http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmedia I only suggest this solution, cause this is the product I am aware of and is free T

VNC Optimization?

2002-03-21 Thread Kyle Yamnitz
I'm sure this has been discussed numerous times before here, but as you know, I'm new :) Anyway, are there any suggestions for speeding up the transfer? I have a cable modem at home and whatever fat pipe Sprint has at my work (Sprint PCS). My cable modem is capped at 15 KB / sec upload (as mea

Watching video using VNC

2002-03-21 Thread Christopher Tesla
A recent question regarding using VNC to view streaming media caught my eye. I have a home network with several computers. I regularly use VNC to control machines from other machines. Everything is W2K. I have a computer with a video-in card that is plugged into my TV downstairs. I can run the

Re: List of Registry Values ??

2002-03-21 Thread Alex K. Angelopoulos
That really is the complete list in the WinVNC server documentation. - Original Message - From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 2002-03-21 09:16 Subject: List of Registry Values ?? : Short of going thru the Win32 part in the source, : is th

RE: [VNC] Transferring Files?

2002-03-21 Thread Kyle Yamnitz
Hey all, I started using Serv-U FTP server, and it works very well. Thanks again, --Kyle Yamnitz The Lesson Plans Page: http://www.LessonPlansPage.com - To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: VNC through port 80? - having problems

2002-03-21 Thread Kyle Yamnitz
Hi Nick, > I was very happy to see someone actually get this to work. One question > though. In step 2, you state you use the viewer. Are you referring to the > Java "web" viewer or the standard viewer? The standard VNC viewer (not in a web browser). > When I type in ":-5879" into the stan

List of Registry Values ??

2002-03-21 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Short of going thru the Win32 part in the source, is there a coherent listing of **ALL** the registry entries for vnc server ( win32 ) in one place? I looked at the docs/FAQ and it didn't seem complete.. Nothing else, ill sort thru the source myself, but was wanting to avoid the trouble. --

Re: VNC through port 80? - having problems

2002-03-21 Thread Nicholas . J . Melchi
I was very happy to see someone actually get this to work. One question though. In step 2, you state you use the viewer. Are you referring to the Java "web" viewer or the standard viewer? When I type in ":-5879" into the standard VNC Viewer, I get the error "Invalid Protocol" right away. If I

RE: [VNC] Transferring Files?

2002-03-21 Thread "Beerse, Corné"
> -Original Message- > Hi again, > Now that I have VNC working, what's the best way for me to > transfer files back and forth (win2k pro box is the server, > win95 is the I just found out (the hard way, I installed a free ftp server) W2K pro comes with an ftpserver. I already know

RE: The Next Generation display numbers

2002-03-21 Thread "Beerse, Corné"
> -Original Message- > That 1-port-per display issue is one of the things that struck me as > particularly inelegant when I first encountered VNC; without knowing > anything about the technical details behind it, I am guessing > that it was > motivated by some shortcut taken to simplify t

RE: The Next Generation display numbers

2002-03-21 Thread "Beerse, Corné"
> -Original Message- > On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 10:38:40AM -0500, Grant McDorman wrote: > > > > The problem is that VNC, on *nix systems, will always use a display > > number for access by applications. If one drops the display > number for > > the VNC client connections, then we'll have *

RE: VNC authentication failed, after working for months

2002-03-21 Thread "Beerse, Corné"
> -Original Message- > It even fails from on the local machine. 'ps' indicates that > the server is still running, too. it's a unix server. That gives some calarity. And for you to get telnet access. > > How do I "Check the password or force it to your known password?" Either check th

RE: Printing from remote machine to local printer

2002-03-21 Thread "Beerse, Corné"
> -Original Message- > Is there a way/application that will allow me to print what > is running on > the remote machine to my local printer? Yes but not using vnc. Depending on the local and remote machine type I see some options (all regarding network printing) Unix Xvnc -- Unix viewer

RE: The Next Generation display numbers

2002-03-21 Thread "Beerse, Corné"
> -Original Message- > The problem is that VNC, on *nix systems, will always use a > display number > for access by applications. If one drops the display number > for the VNC > client connections, then we'll have *two* unrelated IDs for > the VNC server - > the display number, and the

Re: Receiving Hooks from all the applications

2002-03-21 Thread Alex K. Angelopoulos
IIRC, you can configure the settings in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ORL\VNCHooks\Application_Prefs I'm not sure of a problem per se; I do know that the file VNCHooks_Settings.reg which is copied to the VNC folder during server setup will install some default settings which tweak common application

Re: xmodmap patch to vnc 3.3.3

2002-03-21 Thread Marius Kotsbak
I tried your trick, but it didn't have any effect. Has 127 in "xmodmap -e 'keycode 127 = s S aring" anything with the key to do, or is it just an empty keycode. But wait now the questionmark key gives me 'S'. This could indicate that the answer is yes. Marius On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 17:18, Gra