My favorite check for this: try Telnet <win2kserver> 5902
and see what you get echoed back to you. It should be something like RFB 003.003 If not, let us know what it returns or how it behaves. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eddie Atherton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 2002-03-28 17:00 Subject: Error Reading Protocol Version > Hi, > > I've now had this error twice in as many days. > > When I try to connect to my home Win2K desktop, via SSH on a Linux box, from > a Win2K laptop, I get the following error (vncviewer trace): > > Started and Winsock (v 2) initialised > bufsize expanded to 4352 > Registered connection with app > Connected to localhost port 5902 > reading 12 bytes > Error reading protocol version: `q@ > Deregistered connection from app > Exiting > VNC viewer closing down > > If I start vncserver on the Linux box, then I can connect to that desktop OK > from the laptop, so it looks like it's the server on the Win2K that has the > problem. This I confirmed the 1st time by rebooting the desktop. After the > reboot, I could connect again, for a while. > > I've not noticed anything significant that causes this to start happening > (yet). > > Any ideas what might be causing this 'version error'. > > Cheers, > Eddie > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: > 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
