RE: RFB Protocol 4.0 - encodings wanted

2001-07-17 Thread Stig A. Olsen
I agree with just about everything you said here, including the danger of alternative licenses. Back in the old days (Amiga time if anyone remember) everything was released as "public domain", and I guess GPL is what public domain programmers do when they grow up :-) We support/use the RFB protoc

Re: Garbage

2001-07-17 Thread Eric Bourdin
James Pifer wrote: > > I'm having a problem with vnc on Redhat 7. I occasionally will connect to the > session and when I type in the xterm window I get garbage instead of what I'm > really typing. Has anyone seen this before? I can fix it by killing the > session and restarting it, but another ho

RE: a Question

2001-07-17 Thread Krala, Peter J
Can we get some other folks views on the comparison of NetMeeting and VNC? Any real world experiences to compare and contrast them? If I am not mistaken, NetMeeting is part of Internet Explorer, not of Windows xx per se. Is NetMeeting part of the Mac IE configuration? If so, what cross-platform (

How to refuse the second conection at the WinVNCServer

2001-07-17 Thread Losnak, Fabio
Hi for all, I have used VNC 3.3.3 for windows. I let Win VNC (App Mode) enabled to the machine to be controlled, but just one client can use the service per once. When the second client try to connect, Win VNC Server doesn4t refuse. How could I do Win VNC Server acc

Re: Garbage

2001-07-17 Thread James Pifer
I'm using VNC Viewer or IE on Windows 2000 to connect to a Redhat Linux 7 machine. Within the session when I try and type the letters are all screwed up. For example, hitting the keys asdfghjkl;' gives abfhjk;'io. Oh yeah, this happens in whatever windows in the session I type in, xterm and others

RE: Swing based Java GUI, cannot be displayed

2001-07-17 Thread Erlichmen, Shay
Swing is based on DirectX in order to capture it move your agent to PollFullScreen Mode -Original Message- From: Rainer Stransky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 10:07 AM To: vnc-list Subject: Swing based Java GUI, cannot be displayed Hi all, i have problems wit

Re: Garbage

2001-07-17 Thread Eric Bourdin
James Pifer wrote: > > I'm using VNC Viewer or IE on Windows 2000 to connect to a Redhat Linux 7 > machine. Within the session when I try and type the letters are all screwed > up. For example, hitting the keys asdfghjkl;' gives abfhjk;'io. Oh yeah, > this happens in whatever windows in the sessio

Re: Connection closed

2001-07-17 Thread Timothy Davis
I am getting the same error.. I am running w2k Server. This is the only machine that gives me this error.. Still trying to figure it out... This is how mine acts.. I open VNCViewer put in the server name Password screen appears and then I put the password in and then get a CONNECTION CLOSED ERROR

Re: firewall SOCKS https

2001-07-17 Thread gerard . briscoe
Unfortunately SocksCap32 only has support for Socks4 and Socks5 proxies, and I need support for HTTPS proxies. Is there anything else I can try Thanks Regards G [EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED] on 06/23/2001 01:55:57 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]@SMTP Sent by: [EMAI

RE: a Question

2001-07-17 Thread Glenn Maks
Peter, It is nice to have product comparison discussions about any software product in general, I would like to make clear my part on this topic, first, it was never my intension to undermine in any way VNC, and certainly not to pit one product against another, there are configurations were VNC is

Re: Problem connecting

2001-07-17 Thread Bill Olson
This is my third post to this mailserverlist and I am not getting any response. BLAH BLAH BLAH I am unsubscribing from this list beacuse nobody will help me. Thanks for nothing, Bill - Original Message - From: "Bill Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July

Re: Garbage

2001-07-17 Thread James Pifer
Eric, Why it work for a while and then start to do this? Is that part of the known problem? If I restart the session it goes back to normal for an unknown period of time. I guess I could try and use xmodmap, but it seems like it could have the same problem. Work for a while and then do the same

RE: Problem connecting

2001-07-17 Thread Nick Palmer
Apologies Bill, I tend to keep my gob shut because most people on this list know more than I do. Is there a firewall on your home PC? If so, are the necessary ports open? If not, can you ping it? What about your office firewall, does that allow outbound connections etc? Presumably VNC server

Re: Swing based Java GUI, cannot be displayed

2001-07-17 Thread Rainer Stransky
This option is not available for my Linux vncserver, what is clear for me, Linux has no DirectX. The problem does also occur for Linux server and a Linux viewer (with absolute no DirectX involved). Has anybody a Swing based application ever had running with VNC ? Rainer "Erlichmen, Shay" wrot

VNC Security on W2000

2001-07-17 Thread John Ross
As I understand the logon is secure but after that anybody can see and hack into the valued computer. Does anybody is using the SSL under W2000 and if anybody does, what is the one and how to use it. Thank you in advance. John Ross -

RE: a Question

2001-07-17 Thread McLaren, Nathanael
I use VNC to access my remote server in America. I have tried several packages of remote software and have found that the most stable of them all is VNC (and now VNC Java version). I do use NetMeeting but only as a backup, as it uses a slower connection. When using VNC (from either Modem or ISD

Re: Problem connecting

2001-07-17 Thread Bill Olson
Hi, I finally figured out what the problem was. It was a Bad Network adapter. I had an FA311TX Netgear Card and I swapped it for a 3COM Card and for some reason it works fine. I'm just not getting my speed as the Netgear was a 10/.100 card and I have a 10/100 modem, and the 3COM card is a 10 MB c

Re: firewall SOCKS https

2001-07-17 Thread Harmen van der Wal
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Unfortunately SocksCap32 only has support for Socks4 and Socks5 proxies, and I need >support for HTTPS proxies. Is there anything else I can try > This is very confusing. Your wrote: >However, I cannot get past the firewall, which has SOCKS https support..

RE: Problem connecting

2001-07-17 Thread Sam Osborn
I won't bother replying to this then. I haven't helped because I haven't got any suggestions. I suspect this might be the case for others to. It's unfortunate that you feel victimised, but that doesn't happen here. Rudeness clearly isn't going to help either is it? Thanks for unsubscribing, Sa

RE: Problem connecting

2001-07-17 Thread Nick Palmer
Netgear stuff is sometimes reported to have certain...difficulties...with autosensing/negotiation (what speed, am I half/full duplex etc.), especially switches - I'm not surprised the 3COM cured it; still, if all it's doing is talking to a cable modem, 10Mbps shouldn't be a bottleneck. Nick Palme

Re: Problem connecting

2001-07-17 Thread Bill Olson
This is one response I got. Not very professional. If you need more informatiuon, Dont you just ask for it? Bill - Original Message - From: "Steve Palocz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 10:12 AM Subject: RE: Problem connecting > Thank you Bill.

Using VNC behind Microsoft Proxy Server

2001-07-17 Thread Bob Gailer
I am dealing with a client who is running Proxy Server on an NT box. Neither the client nor I have any experience with configuring Proxy Server. Under the current configuration, VNC on the server cannot be connected to nor can it connect to a listener over the Internet. Can you tell me (cookbook

RE: a Question

2001-07-17 Thread Glenn Maks
Nathanael, could you elaborate on the superior functionality of VNC versus Netmeeting, I am running VNC 3.3.3 and the core ability I have is remote desktop access, Netmeeting supports the following, Audio, Video, File Transfers, Chat, White Boarding, Application Collaboration and Desktop sharing,

RE: Problem connecting

2001-07-17 Thread Nick Palmer
It's been my experience of mailing lists that although the vast majority of posters are helpful, considerate and polite, there's always a couple who are less than kind or more than irate :) Nick Palmer IT Manager > -Original Message- > From: Bill Olson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent:

I may check email occasionally.

2001-07-17 Thread SMiller
I will be out of the office starting 07/17/2001 and will not return until 07/18/2001. - To unsubscribe, send a message with the line: unsubscribe vnc-list to [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.

RE: a Question

2001-07-17 Thread Neal Isaac
I have found Netmeeting to be a "virtual" nightmare through a secure firewall. VNC has some security problems of its own, however routing VNC could not be simpler or more secure. Kudos for the designers of VNC on this point. Netmeeting requires multiple outbound and inbound ports including 389,

RE: Problem connecting

2001-07-17 Thread David Brodbeck
I'll second that complaint about Netgear...I've got an 8-port Netgear 10/100 hub. Every so often it just locks up solid and doesn't move data until it's power cycled. I'll never buy anything from them again. Ethernet autosensing in general seems pretty dicy, regardless of the brands involved, t

Re: a Question

2001-07-17 Thread Richard Harris
> Can we get some other folks views on the comparison of NetMeeting and > VNC? Any real world experiences to compare and contrast them? VNC wins hands down in my experience. I've tried using Netmeeting to share desktops with users across ISDN. Talk about slow! If you're using VNC on 8 bit colou

Re: running XVNC at startup in linux

2001-07-17 Thread dan grundy
u dont say which version of linux you are using (i.e. in particular whether it runs aurora on boot up) - what should happen is that during boot up when the vncserver service is started it should prompt you to enter the default password which you would then supply when you try to connect with whate

RE: Problem connecting

2001-07-17 Thread Nick Palmer
Quite so - we use HP switches now, and they seem to work with absolutely everything we've got aside from a couple of dodgy old terminal servers, which live on their own little hub. Nick Palmer IT Manager > -Original Message- > From: David Brodbeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 17 J

VNC server not using xstartup on Solaris 7

2001-07-17 Thread Edric Bulalacao
I've got the latest VNC installed on Solaris 7. I'm executing VNC through inetd. I'd like to use an alternate window manager besides CDE. My xstartup is as follows: #!/bin/sh xrdb $HOME/.Xresources xsetroot -solid grey xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" & twm & I've

RE: a Question

2001-07-17 Thread Glenn Maks
originally I was responding to a question asked about remote access between two computers on the same subnet using NetBEUI, which I don't thing VNC supports, using software within the scope it was designed for is always your best bet, that is to say exploiting the designed functionality which best

RE: a Question

2001-07-17 Thread Sharma, Shashi
just curious. why would you want to run any application using netbeui. -shashi -Original Message- From: Glenn Maks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 9:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: a Question originally I was responding to a questi

RE: a Question

2001-07-17 Thread Glenn Maks
The history behind NetBEUI dates back to the old IBM LAN Manager days roughly 1985, Microsoft quickly adopted this transport for their Windows for Workgroups strategy, this transport was designed to be used in small LAN environments that would be connected to other LAN segments or mainframes using

Re: firewall SOCKS https

2001-07-17 Thread gerard . briscoe
I have the latest version of ICQ for windows... and the different proxy settings that are available are as follows SOCKS4, SOCKS5 and HTTPS. only HTTPS actually works. This is partially what I am basing my understanding on.. All other applicatiosn with SOCKS5 support that I have

Re: running XVNC at startup in linux

2001-07-17 Thread iandog
Ah, Redhat 7.0. Yeah I think you are right about that stuff. I just thought that there was a way to use the files in the root dir instead of on / . I just thought it was kinda messy to have an .Xauthority file in your / dir. On 17 Jul 2001, at 16:11, dan grundy wrote: > u dont say which versi

RE: a Question

2001-07-17 Thread Pradip Shah
Here is a little bit from a novice. I still need "netbeui" whuich stands for netbios extended user interface if I wish to capture a printer port from a dos window under Windows 9x for remote printing. Not withstanding anything available on large systems I still find dos based multi user accounti

Re: firewall SOCKS https

2001-07-17 Thread Harmen van der Wal
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have the latest version of ICQ for windows... and the different proxy settings >that are available are as follows SOCKS4, SOCKS5 and HTTPS. only HTTPS >actually works. > This is partially what I am basing my understanding on.. > > All other applic

want to disable viewer keyboard/mouse input on UNIX server

2001-07-17 Thread Liam Forbes
I'd like to disable remote keyboard & mouse input on my UNIX VNC server, like the Windows server is capable of doing. I've searched the archives and seen this question asked, but not answered. Is there a patch or a configuration that makes this possible? The reason I'd like to do this at the se

Re: Swing based Java GUI, cannot be displayed

2001-07-17 Thread dan grundy
i experienced exactly the same problem connecting to a linux xvnc server from a windows client, the problem has nothing to do with direct-x or any such like but instead is to do with the color depth of the xvnc server, you dont say what color depth you are using but the problem occurs in 16-bit mo

Re: firewall SOCKS https

2001-07-17 Thread gerard . briscoe
OK. SOCKSCAP32 works.. finally. Thanks everybody who helped me Regards G Gerard Briscoe/RED/RESEARCH/PHILIPS@[EMAIL PROTECTED] on 07/17/2001 06:03:31 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Gerard Briscoe/RE

RE: want to disable viewer keyboard/mouse input on UNIX server

2001-07-17 Thread Rob Treuer
Hi Liam, Yes, there is a patch which does what you want. It is called the "display only password" patch. It is written by Warren Toomey, and available at: http://minnie.tuhs.org/Programs/VNC_bits/index.html It adds a second password to the Xvnc server, which disables keyboard and mouse input. The

RE: want to disable viewer keyboard/mouse input on UNIX server

2001-07-17 Thread Gordon Olson
test -Original Message- From: Rob Treuer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 11:11 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: want to disable viewer keyboard/mouse input on UNIX server Hi Liam, Yes, there is a patch which does what you want. It is called the "display on

No Subject

2001-07-17 Thread Daniel Collins
I've sifted through the docs and the mailing lists but can't seem to get this resolved: Font directory '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/' not found - ignoring AUDIT: Tue Jul 17 14:11:38 2001: 4413 Xvnc: client 1 rejected from local host Xlib: connection to ":13.0" refused by server Xlib: Client i

My Question about desktop sharing....

2001-07-17 Thread Payman N
Hi, Here is my situation: I do have a Laptop and a PC both running Windows 2000 and are connected to each other thru a hub. The hub is connected to my cable modem. So, only my Labtop can have internet access and gets the ip address from dhcp server. Therefore, I think I am be able to use IP for

Re: Swing based Java GUI, cannot be displayed

2001-07-17 Thread Rainer Stransky
Hi Dan, thank for your help. Your suggested option work really fine, with linux- and ms-viewer. Rainer dan grundy wrote: > > i experienced exactly the same problem connecting to a linux xvnc server > from a windows client, the problem has nothing to do with direct-x or any > such like but inst

My Question about desktop sharing.... (correction)

2001-07-17 Thread Payman N
Hi, Here is my situation: I do have a Laptop and a PC both running Windows 2000 and are connected to each other thru a hub. The hub is connected to my cable modem. So, only my Labtop can have internet access and gets the ip address from dhcp server. Therefore, I think I am NOT be able to use IP

RE: a Question

2001-07-17 Thread Neal Isaac
Hate to break the news to you Phillip. Netbeui will not work over the Internet and has virtually gone the way of the DoDo bird. TCP/ip is it. Try Windows 2000 and the Remote TCP/ip printing feature. Trying Dos mappings will not work over the Internet unless you can somehow tunnel using a third

RE: a Question

2001-07-17 Thread David Brodbeck
If you're running Win9x with TCP/IP as the default protocol, will a network mapping you do from a DOS window be done via TCP/IP? Seems to me like it would work just like the mappings made via the GUI, but I've never tried. If it does there's no really need to use NetBEUI for this. -Original

RE: a Question

2001-07-17 Thread Mick
At 01:32 PM 07/17/2001 -0600, you wrote: >Hate to break the news to you Phillip. Netbeui will not work over the >Internet and has virtually gone the way of the DoDo bird. For some people the fact that it won't work over the internet accounts for a large part of it's appeal! ;-) See http://grc.c

RE: a Question

2001-07-17 Thread Sharma, Shashi
That was my question. the only way vnc will not work is when you remove tcp/ip from the machine. the newer windows os will not even let you do it. tcp/ip and netbeui can sit side by side so why wouldnt you allow tcp/ip for vnc. -shashi -Original Message- From: Neal Isaac [mailto:[EMAIL PR

RE: My Question about desktop sharing.... (correction)

2001-07-17 Thread Glenn Mabbutt
Essentially correct. What you need is a gateway between subnets, or, probably the preffered solution, get a router and NAT (use private IP's) behind it. That way, all your internal machines are on the same subnet, the router gets the dhcp public IP, and everyone's happily connected. -Origin

Re: Swing based Java GUI, cannot be displayed

2001-07-17 Thread dan grundy
no problem, glad it worked :) dan - Original Message - From: "Rainer Stransky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 7:54 PM Subject: Re: Swing based Java GUI, cannot be displayed > Hi Dan, > > thank for your help. Your suggested o

Re: running XVNC at startup in linux

2001-07-17 Thread dan grundy
i agree entirely, i'm not fond of the idea of having unnecessary files in the / dir, the solution i provided earlier was just a quick get-out-of-trouble, so heres a quick hack to solve the problem of unnecessary files in the / directory, this does involve changing the startup scripts so please don

RE: a Question

2001-07-17 Thread Mick
At 09:28 AM 07/17/2001 -0700, you wrote: >just curious. why would you want to run any application using netbeui. >-shashi http://grc.com/su-bondage.htm :-) - To unsubscribe, send a message with the line: unsubscribe vnc-list to [

Problem using VNC for X

2001-07-17 Thread Rong Zheng
Hi, I had trouble using matlab under VNC for X. I ran VNCServer on my linux machine under Redhat 6.2 and use VNCViewer on W2k. when i ran matlab, it simply get stucked. also, just out of curiousity, why VNC for X runs a lot fast than its windows counterpart. does VNCViewer really decode the bitm

no route to host

2001-07-17 Thread Szabolcs Szoko
Salute, I'm an illiterate and using VNC 3.3.3R9. Please help me! I have difficulty in connecting to the VNC server thru a VPN from an outer Java based client (browser). The situation is as follows: (1) Server Internet---Cisco 2503---VPN box---internal hubs---Win95(VNC3.3.3R9) (2) Client Win98(