Subject: Server dies viewing 8-bit desktop using 24-bit desktop Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 16:01:49 -0400 From: Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: Dept. of Electronics, Carleton University To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello, I'm still using TightVNC1.2.2 (had a bit of an ordeal trying to upgrade, haven't found the opportunity to try again yet). I'm accessing a sun-based server (solaris 8) from a WinME- based viewer over a local ethernet LAN. The server defaults to 8-bits per pixel, and I'm using hextile. Say the server is SunHost:8. Everything is fine. I start up a 24-bit/pixel server called SunHost:24 and connect to it from WinME using hextile. From the SunHost:24 desktop, I launch a viewer connecting to SunHost:8, referred to as localhost:8. So SunHost:8 conveys an image of its desktop to the viewer within SunHost:24 using raw encoding. At the same time, SunHost:24 conveys an image of its desktop (including the viewer connected to SunHost:8) to my WinME viewer using hextile. Or so I thought. Unfortunately, that's not what happens. As soon as I connect a viewer to SunHost:8 from SunHost:24, the SunHost:8 server dies. This happens regardless of whether SunHost:8 is initially being veiewed from WinME. The log file shows the error message: X connection to SunHost:8.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). xterm: fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) or KillClient on X server "SunHost:8.0" xterm: fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) or KillClient on X server "SunHost:8.0" Thanks if anyone has any hints. This problem doesn't happen if I launch a viewer from an 8-bit/pixel desktop to connect to another 8-bit/pixel desktop (again using "localhost:x"). Fred -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred Ma Department of Electronics Carleton University, Mackenzie Building 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1S 5B6 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ========================================================================== --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------