RE: Peter Scantland is out of the office.

2001-06-06 Thread Nick Palmer
Presumably this is WHY he's using VNC? :) Nick Palmer IT Manager > -Original Message- > From: Richard Spaven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 05 June 2001 13:22 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Peter Scantland is out of the office. > > > VNC does have some strange problems! >

X port in use

2001-06-06 Thread Philip Andrew
Hi -- I have several Sun Sparc systems running Solaris 8, and multiple users who run VNC servers on those systems. Each user is assigned a unique display number for their exclusive use, using an NIS map (I have a program that automatically looks up their display number, and starts up a serve

Re: X port in use

2001-06-06 Thread Duane Waddle
Use lsof to see if you can tell what PID is bound to the TCP port you are interested in. Sun may not provide it as a standard tool, so here's the source: ftp://vic.cc.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/lsof/lsof.tar.gz It also looks like sunfreeware.com has a recent package for it. hope this helps.. -

Using VNC through a VPN connection

2001-06-06 Thread Alan Rader
I have VNC 3.3.3r9 running on some machines in my offices, I can connect back and forth just fine, but last night I was trying to access my machines from the outside. I connected via VPN to our network. I could ping the machine I was trying just fine, but I kept getting Connection Closed after e

VNC with Zebedee

2001-06-06 Thread Bartel, Matt
When I attempt to connect to the Zebedee server with the client, the only error I get in my logs is the following: zebedee(266/215): 2001-06-05-16:37:06: waiting for client connection zebedee(266/215): 2001-06-05-16:37:07: accepted connection from 127.0.0.1 zebedee(266/215): 2001-06-05-16:37:07

VNC to home from work

2001-06-06 Thread Njmelchi
Hello, Wondering how to VNC from my workplace (behind firewall/proxy) to my home computer. Work computer is Windows 2000 Pro, home computer is Win98SE. Both PCs are running VNC version 3.3.3r7. I tried typing in my IP address in the VNC Viewer at work and I get the password box, after I type th

Re: VNC to home from work

2001-06-06 Thread mfpchelp
Need to do port fowarding on your proxy server tcp 5800 and udp 5900. I hope this helps! On Wed, 06 June 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello, > > Wondering how to VNC from my workplace (behind firewall/proxy) to my home > computer. Work computer is Windows 2000 Pro, home computer is

Re: Using VNC through a VPN connection

2001-06-06 Thread mfpchelp
You may have a firewall issue. May have to do port fowarding ports tcp 5800 udp 5900. Hope this is of some help! On Wed, 06 June 2001, Alan Rader wrote: > > I have VNC 3.3.3r9 running on some machines in my offices, I can connect > back and forth just fine, but last night I was trying to acces

RE: Using VNC through a VPN connection

2001-06-06 Thread Alan Rader
How would it even get to the password prompt then? I would think that if the correct port was not getting through, you would not get that prompt. Alan Rader Finish Line, Inc. Network Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] 317-899-1022 x3529 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto

RE: VNC with Zebedee

2001-06-06 Thread Wallendahl, Michael/SEA
Why don't you post both your zebedee configuration logs and the command line you run when you try to connect? That will help us figure out what's wrong. Incidentally, if you are running the zebedee server on the same machine as the vncserver you want to connect to, you will need to enable loopba

Re: Using VNC through a VPN connection

2001-06-06 Thread James ''Wez'' Weatherall
The Java VNC Viewer requests a password before it attempts to connect, regardless of whether the server really needs one. Cheers, James "Wez" Weatherall -- "The path to enlightenment is /usr/bin/enlightenment" Laboratory for Communications Engineering, Cambridge - Tel : 766513 AT&T Lab

Re: Killing the server on Windows 98

2001-06-06 Thread James ''Wez'' Weatherall
You are quite right! I didn't realise the API call on Win9x did that. Cunning. I suppose it stops curious users breaking their PCs too badly! Cheers, James "Wez" Weatherall -- "The path to enlightenment is /usr/bin/enlightenment" Laboratory for Communications Engineering, Cambridge -

Unusual Failed to Connect to Server Problem, Newbie

2001-06-06 Thread Tony Osio
Our company has been using VNC for quite sometime with excellent results. However, I am having one particular server that is being troublesome. The server I am trying to reach is running VNC version 3.3.3r7. It is running on a static IP with NAT. When I move the mouse cursor over the VNC logo,

Re: KDE setup in startup script?

2001-06-06 Thread greg chichkanoff
OK...I've removed everything except for the: >#!/bin/sh > startkde & scriptalso starting vncserver with the -depth 16 option shows my kde startup window(just like when I first log in to my system). However, still no icons!! I really don't get this. --- Michael Schaap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

Re: VNC Connection Freezes

2001-06-06 Thread Mark Harris
fyi I did not see this come through the list the other day, so I thought I would resend it. This code snippet corrects the vnc hand freeze on the windoze viewer. James, One of the folks in our lab, John Fuenning, fixed this problem by adding an additional line

Re: Killing the server on Windows 98

2001-06-06 Thread Scott Dunn
I gather that profiles have to be created for the icon to appear. Then the command "winvnc -kill:0" should work, right? has anyone actually used this command from the prompt successfully on a windows machine? Or did they kill the process some other way? I can live without the task icon if

Re: KDE setup in startup script?

2001-06-06 Thread Mohamed Barakat
> OK...I've removed everything except for the: > >#!/bin/sh > > startkde & > scriptalso starting vncserver with the -depth 16 > option shows my kde startup window(just like when I > first log in to my system). However, still no icons!! > I really don't get this. You should redirect the output

RE: KDE setup in startup script?

2001-06-06 Thread Alan Conboy
Try using vncserver -cc 3 instead Alan Conboy Product Support Advisory Engineer Spectralogic 303-449-6400 x1552 -Original Message- From: franky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 11:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: KDE setup in startup script? I find som

RE: Unusual Failed to Connect to Server Problem, Newbie

2001-06-06 Thread Steve Palocz
First I must thank you for telling us what version of VNC you are using. But we need to know more about the server os and what the natting software is to give you a correct or accurate answer. Most Natting boxes will automatically block all ports above 1024 on the external interface. Since vnc use

RE: Unusual Failed to Connect to Server Problem, Newbie

2001-06-06 Thread Tony Osio
Steve, I appreicate your prompt reply. The server OS is Windows NT 4, and the NAT is done via Microsoft Proxy 2.0. I did try to search the mailing list archives prior to submitting my question, but I didn't see a posting that fit. Tony Osio Information Technology Technician Transitions Group

Clarification RE: Unusual Failed to Connect to Server Problem, Ne wbie

2001-06-06 Thread Tony Osio
I guess I should have expanded a little bit here. The viewing computer (which I refered to as the server previously) is on Windows NT 4, with the "NAT" being done via Microsoft Proxy 2.0 (I use the term NAT loosely). The server OS is also Windows NT 4, with the NAT being handled by the router it

Re: Killing the server on Windows 98

2001-06-06 Thread James ''Wez'' Weatherall
The syntax is "winvnc -kill". Cheers, James "Wez" Weatherall -- "The path to enlightenment is /usr/bin/enlightenment" Laboratory for Communications Engineering, Cambridge - Tel : 766513 AT&T Labs Cambridge, UK - Tel : 343000 - Original Message - Fr