Re: [expert] VNC server bad display on all MDK 9.1 machines
On Wednesday 10 September 2003 01:03 pm, James D. Parra wrote: Hello, When running VNC server (and tightvnc server) from any Mandrake 9.1 machine, any attempt to connect to vnc host results in only the wallpaper displaying and nothing else. This appears to be an inherent problem with the MDK 9.1 build; how is this resolved? Your responses are greatly appreciated. I suspect that this is the infamous anti-aliased fonts compiled into the qtlibraries bug. Suffered from this one myself. If you go to the Texstar repository off of http://pclinuxonline.com site, you should be able to download a fix for this issue which will remove the AA fonts from the qt libraries and enable tightvnc to work. If you have problems, let me know and I will send a direct link to the source repository for those rpm's. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] VNC server bad display on all MDK 9.1 machines
you need to update your version of QT. You can do this in your mandrake control center... David -Original Message- From: James D. Parra [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 11:04 AM To: Mandrake-List (E-mail) Subject: [expert] VNC server bad display on all MDK 9.1 machines Hello, When running VNC server (and tightvnc server) from any Mandrake 9.1 machine, any attempt to connect to vnc host results in only the wallpaper displaying and nothing else. This appears to be an inherent problem with the MDK 9.1 build; how is this resolved? Your responses are greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance. James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] VNC server bad display on all MDK 9.1 machines
On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 10:03, James D. Parra wrote: Hello, When running VNC server (and tightvnc server) from any Mandrake 9.1 machine, any attempt to connect to vnc host results in only the wallpaper displaying and nothing else. This appears to be an inherent problem with the MDK 9.1 build; how is this resolved? Your responses are greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance. James go here. http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/mandrake/vncfix/ grab the rpms and update libqt... restart X (cntrl-alt-backspace) and you should be good to go. It's actually a conflict surrounding true type fonts. In theory the fonts get less clear when you do this. But danged if I can see it. (Texstar claims he can.. I can't) James __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] VNC server bad display on all MDK 9.1 machines
Thank you for all of your responses. One question though, update the gt on the host vnc machines or the clients? My vncviewer works well from my Mandrake box to any non-Mandrake 9.1 vnc host. Thanks again. James -Original Message- From: James Sparenberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 11:16 AM To: Expert List Subject: Re: [expert] VNC server bad display on all MDK 9.1 machines On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 10:03, James D. Parra wrote: Hello, When running VNC server (and tightvnc server) from any Mandrake 9.1 machine, any attempt to connect to vnc host results in only the wallpaper displaying and nothing else. This appears to be an inherent problem with the MDK 9.1 build; how is this resolved? Your responses are greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance. James go here. http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/mandrake/vncf ix/ grab the rpms and update libqt... restart X (cntrl-alt-backspace) and you should be good to go. It's actually a conflict surrounding true type fonts. In theory the fonts get less clear when you do this. But danged if I can see it. (Texstar claims he can.. I can't) James __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] VNC server bad display on all MDK 9.1 machines
On Wednesday 10 September 2003 01:08 pm, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Wednesday 10 September 2003 01:03 pm, James D. Parra wrote: Hello, When running VNC server (and tightvnc server) from any Mandrake 9.1 machine, any attempt to connect to vnc host results in only the wallpaper displaying and nothing else. This appears to be an inherent problem with the MDK 9.1 build; how is this resolved? Your responses are greatly appreciated. I suspect that this is the infamous anti-aliased fonts compiled into the qtlibraries bug. Suffered from this one myself. If you go to the Texstar repository off of http://pclinuxonline.com site, you should be able to download a fix for this issue which will remove the AA fonts from the qt libraries and enable tightvnc to work. If you have problems, let me know and I will send a direct link to the source repository for those rpm's. There is also an official Mandrake update for this now available from any of the update mirrors. -- /g Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book, inside a dog it's too dark to read -Groucho Marx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] VNC server bad display on all MDK 9.1 machines
On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 14:16, James D. Parra wrote: Thank you for all of your responses. One question though, update the gt on the host vnc machines or the clients? My vncviewer works well from my Mandrake box to any non-Mandrake 9.1 vnc host. Thanks again. James On the 9.1 box. It's by default got render as compiled in, and VNC doesn't handle that one well. James -Original Message- From: James Sparenberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 11:16 AM To: Expert List Subject: Re: [expert] VNC server bad display on all MDK 9.1 machines On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 10:03, James D. Parra wrote: Hello, When running VNC server (and tightvnc server) from any Mandrake 9.1 machine, any attempt to connect to vnc host results in only the wallpaper displaying and nothing else. This appears to be an inherent problem with the MDK 9.1 build; how is this resolved? Your responses are greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance. James go here. http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/mandrake/vncf ix/ grab the rpms and update libqt... restart X (cntrl-alt-backspace) and you should be good to go. It's actually a conflict surrounding true type fonts. In theory the fonts get less clear when you do this. But danged if I can see it. (Texstar claims he can.. I can't) James __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] VNC server bad display on all MDK 9.1 machines
On Wednesday 10 September 2003 09:16 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 14:16, James D. Parra wrote: Thank you for all of your responses. One question though, update the gt on the host vnc machines or the clients? My vncviewer works well from my Mandrake box to any non-Mandrake 9.1 vnc host. Thanks again. James On the 9.1 box. It's by default got render as compiled in, and VNC doesn't handle that one well. It's actually qt that is crashing, and it will happen on any display that does not support the render extension, including vnc, XFree86 3.3.6, XForbserver, etc. libqt must be updated on the host machine. -- /g Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book, inside a dog it's too dark to read -Groucho Marx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] VNC Gray Screen on Mandrake 9.1
thanks, but that still doesn't work. Something tells me that I need to do a fresh install of LM9.1 instead of upgrading from LM9.0 to LM9.1. I just can't think of anything else that could be the problem. JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) wrote: Here's my .vnc/xstartup file. It launches KDE in the background #!/bin/sh # Mandrake Linux VNC session startup script exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc KDE -Original Message- From: Sevatio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 2:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] VNC Gray Screen on Mandrake 9.1 How do I get my vncserver on Mandrake 9.1 to display something other than a gray screen with an x mouse cursor? I've already done the qt3 updates. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] VNC Gray Screen on Mandrake 9.1
Why replace the whole OS to fix one relatively minor subsystem? A safer way to the same result might be this one-liner: for i in `rpm -qa | grep vnc`; do rpm -qc $i; done Then go look at the files that are listed -- particularly looking for *.rpmnew or *.~. Another option is to urpme all your vnc packages, rename or delete any vnc config in /etc or your home directory, then urpmi the vnc packages you want. Jack On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 01:50, Sevatio wrote: thanks, but that still doesn't work. Something tells me that I need to do a fresh install of LM9.1 instead of upgrading from LM9.0 to LM9.1. I just can't think of anything else that could be the problem. JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) wrote: Here's my .vnc/xstartup file. It launches KDE in the background #!/bin/sh # Mandrake Linux VNC session startup script exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc KDE -Original Message- From: Sevatio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 2:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] VNC Gray Screen on Mandrake 9.1 How do I get my vncserver on Mandrake 9.1 to display something other than a gray screen with an x mouse cursor? I've already done the qt3 updates. __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] VNC Gray Screen on Mandrake 9.1
On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 04:50, Sevatio wrote: thanks, but that still doesn't work. Something tells me that I need to do a fresh install of LM9.1 instead of upgrading from LM9.0 to LM9.1. I just can't think of anything else that could be the problem. Sorry if this sounds harsh -- I don't mean it to be. Replacing the OS because you can't get a program to work is terribly Microsoftish. The fact that you can get VNC to show a gray screen means that VNC is not at fault, your Window Manager is (or at least how you're starting the WM is). Try running something simple, such as an xterm, from withing the vncstartup. Then, try using startkde instead. Post your error logs, config files, etc.. JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) wrote: Here's my .vnc/xstartup file. It launches KDE in the background #!/bin/sh # Mandrake Linux VNC session startup script exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc KDE -Original Message- From: Sevatio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 2:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] VNC Gray Screen on Mandrake 9.1 How do I get my vncserver on Mandrake 9.1 to display something other than a gray screen with an x mouse cursor? I've already done the qt3 updates. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] VNC Gray Screen on Mandrake 9.1
On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 01:50, Sevatio wrote: thanks, but that still doesn't work. Something tells me that I need to do a fresh install of LM9.1 instead of upgrading from LM9.0 to LM9.1. I just can't think of anything else that could be the problem. Sevatio, Can you send a list via rpm -qa | grep kde and rpm -qa | grep qt to the list... I'd like to compare what you have to what I've had working. James JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) wrote: Here's my .vnc/xstartup file. It launches KDE in the background #!/bin/sh # Mandrake Linux VNC session startup script exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc KDE -Original Message- From: Sevatio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 2:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] VNC Gray Screen on Mandrake 9.1 How do I get my vncserver on Mandrake 9.1 to display something other than a gray screen with an x mouse cursor? I've already done the qt3 updates. __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] VNC Gray Screen on Mandrake 9.1
On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 01:06, Sevatio wrote: How do I get my vncserver on Mandrake 9.1 to display something other than a gray screen with an x mouse cursor? I've already done the qt3 updates. Sevatio, Did you upgrade to the newest from MDK or from Texstar's VNC fix? The difference is that the ones for vnc don't have render compiled in as the default. James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] VNC Gray Screen on Mandrake 9.1
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 01:06:49 -0700 Sevatio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do I get my vncserver on Mandrake 9.1 to display something other than a gray screen with an x mouse cursor? I've already done the qt3 updates. Look at your ~/.vnc/xstartup file and see what window manager is is trying to start. If you can run it by hand you it should start from vnc. As a workaround, you should be able to set your DISPLAY to the VNC display i.e. typeset -x DISPLAY=:1 and launch an xterm. From there you can start your window manager i.e startgnome, starticewm, etc. -Mark -- Mark Belanger LTX Corporation Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] VNC Server Mandrake Control Center
msh wrote: I'm running MDK 8.2 and I don't have a /etc//etc/sysconfig/vncservers file Is there anyplace else I should look. that sure sounds like the vnc-server packages are not installed, type: urpmi vnc-server enter -- Alan :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] VNC access to Display:0 ?
Sevatio wrote on Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 11:14:35AM -0700 : LM8.2 How do you get the vncserver to allow access to screen 0? Having the ability for several virtual screens is nice but for this instance I just want to remotely control my current desktop. Edit the /etc/sysconfig/vncservers file. If I'm understanding you correctly, you want your regular desktop to be remote controlled (kind of like screen, but for X)? I've never tried that, but vnc will not do that for you. Running rfbdrake might be the answer for you there. Blue skies... Todd -- Todd Lyons -- MandrakeSoft, Inc. http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things. -- Doug Gwyn Cooker Version mandrake-release-8.3-0.2mdk Kernel 2.4.18-21mdk msg56418/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] VNC Server Mandrake Control Center
I'm running MDK 8.2 and I don't have a /etc//etc/sysconfig/vncservers file Is there anyplace else I should look. sysconfig/vncservers On Sat, 2002-07-20 at 12:34, James T. Nelson III wrote: You need to modify '/etc/sysconfig/vncservers' for this to work. Info is in the file. logic7 wrote: I've noticed that as well. Any thoughts? - Original Message - From: M.S. Hughes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 1:50 PM Subject: Re: [expert] VNC Server Mandrake Control Center I have the same question. On Sat, 2002-07-20 at 11:35, Sevatio wrote: When you run VNC Server from Mandrake Control Center/System/Services, what exactly is the Mandrake Control Center running? I ask this because I can't vnc into the machine unless I first go into the console and manually run vncserver. Thanks, Sevatio Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] VNC Server Mandrake Control Center
msh wrote on Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 10:35:43PM -0500 : I'm running MDK 8.2 and I don't have a /etc//etc/sysconfig/vncservers file You don't seem to be running a Mandrake package then. Not sure what to tell you. Look where the files should be: [todd@todd todd]$ urpmf vncserver vnc-server:/etc/rc.d/init.d/vncserver vnc-server:/etc/sysconfig/vncservers vnc-server:/usr/bin/vncserver vnc-server:/usr/share/man/man1/vncserver.1.bz2 Blue skies... Todd -- Todd Lyons -- MandrakeSoft, Inc. http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things. -- Doug Gwyn Cooker Version mandrake-release-8.3-0.2mdk Kernel 2.4.18-21mdk msg56434/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] VNC KDE...
Hello, In the $defaultXStartup part of the config(vncserver) what command are you putting in to start KDE? Thank you, Vincent A. Primavera P.S.I have gotten the Java client to work. Yes, it is slow. On Tuesday 28 August 2001 17:19, Thierry De Corte wrote: I was talking about how to configure the server to get the java client to work. -Original Message- From: David Joham [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 11:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [expert] VNC KDE... I use the standard VNC client all the time. Are you talking about that, or are you talking about the server? David -Original Message- From: Vincent A.Primavera [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 5:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] VNC KDE... Hello, Does anyone use KDE with VNC or any other window managers besides what comes up as default? And if so how? Thank you, Vincent A. Primavera File: message.txt Content-Type: application/ms-tnef; charset=us-ascii; name=Attachment: 1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Description: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: -- Thank you, Vincent A. Primavera Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] VNC KDE...
I don't get it. First, you refer to different window managers, then getting the java client to work. I'll try to help on both: As for window managers, you simply specify in the config file what to use. quote from the docs ( http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/docs.html ): The script ~/.vnc/xstartup is executed after the server starts. If you want to change the window manager used in your VNC desktop, for example, this is where you should do it. As for the java client, read the docs, here is an exerpt: Because Java applets can only make connections back to the machine from which they were served, each of the VNC servers actually incorporates a small web server. This runs on port 58xx, where xx is the display number, and will only serve the Java applet classes and an HTML page which contains them. This means that you should be able to point any Java-capable browser at, for example: http://snoopy:5802/ and you should, after a short pause, be able to connect to your VNC session. If you are using the X-based VNC server, you may need to specify the directory which contains the class files in the vncserver script. The Win32 server has the classes embedded in the server itself. Java implementations seem to vary widely both in how fast they can read from the network and how fast they can draw to the screen. It's worth using the Options dialog to experiment with different encoding schemes for any given network and browser. I think the confusion may come from the fact that the Window Manager is not controled by the client, but by the server. Good luck, Ron --- Thierry De Corte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was talking about how to configure the server to get the java client to work. -Original Message- From: David Joham [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 11:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [expert] VNC KDE... I use the standard VNC client all the time. Are you talking about that, or are you talking about the server? David -Original Message- From: Vincent A.Primavera [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 5:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] VNC KDE... Hello, Does anyone use KDE with VNC or any other window managers besides what comes up as default? And if so how? Thank you, Vincent A. Primavera File: message.txt ATTACHMENT part 2 application/ms-tnef Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com = ^C quit :q exit ? help shit __ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Vnc- Server
On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 09:13:23PM -1100, tml tml wrote: Hi, Hi, Any good links or URL, for setting vnc-server? Please install vnc-doc package (vnc-doc-3.3.3r1-1mdk) then read the content of /usr/share/doc/vnc-doc-3.3.3r1/ directory. cheers, -- Sylvain GIL
Re: [expert] VNC
- Original Message - From: Richard Humphrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mandrake expert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 4:29 AM Subject: [expert] VNC According to the VNC FAQ#15 it says to modify my xstartup script to change from the default window manager (twm) to whatever i want it to start. I am using Helix Gnome/Enlightenment and was wondering if anyone has successfully made this work. I am not familiar with scripts and i don't know what i should change twm to, to get Gnome/Enlightenment to work. Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. I have in ~/.vnc/ executable file name "xstartup" and in it is "startkde " on the last line. Put gnome start command instead there. Simon Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
RE: [expert] VNC
Title: RE: [expert] VNC Anyone have a clue what command to start Gnome is? Richard Humphrey Quality Assurance Analyst Sage US Group Inc. 972-818-3900 x 2039 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Simon Golicnik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 1:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] VNC - Original Message - From: Richard Humphrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mandrake expert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 4:29 AM Subject: [expert] VNC According to the VNC FAQ#15 it says to modify my xstartup script to change from the default window manager (twm) to whatever i want it to start. I am using Helix Gnome/Enlightenment and was wondering if anyone has successfully made this work. I am not familiar with scripts and i don't know what i should change twm to, to get Gnome/Enlightenment to work. Subscribe the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list. I have in ~/.vnc/ executable file name xstartup and in it is startkde on the last line. Put gnome start command instead there. Simon
Re: [expert] VNC
type gnome-session Cheers Aravind S Richard Humphrey wrote: Anyone have a clue what command to start Gnome is? Richard Humphrey Quality Assurance Analyst Sage US Group Inc. 972-818-3900 x 2039 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Simon Golicnik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 1:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] VNC - Original Message - From: Richard Humphrey [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mandrake expert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 4:29 AM Subject: [expert] VNC > According to the VNC FAQ#15 it says to modify my xstartup script to change > from the default window manager (twm) to whatever i want it to start. I > am using Helix Gnome/Enlightenment and was wondering if anyone has > successfully made this work. I am not familiar with scripts and i don't > know what i should change twm to, to get Gnome/Enlightenment to work. > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. > I have in ~/.vnc/ executable file name "xstartup" and in it is "startkde " on the last line. Put gnome start command instead there. Simon -- Living on Earth is expensive, but it does include a free trip round the sun begin:vcard n:Sadagopan;Aravind tel;home:+65 7778507 tel;work:+65 8808592 x-mozilla-html:TRUE org:Ericsson Telecommunications adr:;;Singapore version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Software Engineer x-mozilla-cpt:;-20352 fn:Aravind Sadagopan end:vcard Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] VNC
I remember not being very succesful with getting desktop environments to work(like gnome or kde) It was very easy to get the enlightenment window manager to work but not with some environment running on top of it. I pretty much just stuck with fvwm2. not as good as gnome but it looks a hell of a lot better than twm. Sam. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] VNC 1280x1024
On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, Sridhar G wrote: Hi, My LM system video is configured at 1024x768. I am currently using VNC client on my Win 2000 monitor using a resolution of 1280x1024. I'd like to use the VNC client at the same resolution of 1280x1024. Is there any parameter to start the VNC Server at this res. Yes, edit /usr/bin/vncserver, the following line: $geometry = "1024x768"; to $geometry = "1280x1024"; Cheers Sridhar -- Regards, Ellick Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sep 1
Re: [expert] VNC 1280x1024
Sridhar G wrote: Hi, My LM system video is configured at 1024x768. I am currently using VNC client on my Win 2000 monitor using a resolution of 1280x1024. I'd like to use the VNC client at the same resolution of 1280x1024. Is there any parameter to start the VNC Server at this res. Cheers Sridhar you can edit the file /usr/bin/vncserver and look for the line $geometry = "1024x768";. Kill vncserver and that should do it.
Re: [expert] VNC 1280x1024
Bob, It works, Thanks Sridhar - Original Message - From: "Bob Chin" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 9:28 PM Subject: Re: [expert] VNC 1280x1024 Sridhar G wrote: Hi, My LM system video is configured at 1024x768. I am currently using VNC client on my Win 2000 monitor using a resolution of 1280x1024. I'd like to use the VNC client at the same resolution of 1280x1024. Is there any parameter to start the VNC Server at this res. Cheers Sridhar you can edit the file /usr/bin/vncserver and look for the line $geometry = "1024x768";. Kill vncserver and that should do it.
Re: [expert] VNC with just gray screen - please help resolve
on 6/19/00 1:27 AM, Sevatio Octavio wrote: I'm using VNC for Linbox to Linbox. I'm able to log in and get vncviewer to see the remote mouse cursor move but all I get is a gray background with no other functions. I've looked at "xstart" and it's set to run "twm". Is there something I'm missing here? Seve I think the window manager isn't starting. happens to me sometimes too. however I can log in fine to another user who is set a different window manager like KDE. try setting it to use a different window manager Gavin
Re: [expert] VNC with just gray screen - please help resolve
Thanks for responding. What's the line entry you used to have xstart start kde? Perhaps my syntax isn't correct. Seve -Original Message- From: Gavin Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, June 19, 2000 2:36 AM Subject: Re: [expert] VNC with just gray screen - please help resolve on 6/19/00 1:27 AM, Sevatio Octavio wrote: I'm using VNC for Linbox to Linbox. I'm able to log in and get vncviewer to see the remote mouse cursor move but all I get is a gray background with no other functions. I've looked at "xstart" and it's set to run "twm". Is there something I'm missing here? Seve I think the window manager isn't starting. happens to me sometimes too. however I can log in fine to another user who is set a different window manager like KDE. try setting it to use a different window manager Gavin
Re: [expert] VNC with just gray screen - please help resolve
you need to look in ~/.vnc/xstartup. there, an xterm should be started and the twm window manager will be started. I've installed icewm, and start it instead of twm, from that file./ On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, Sevatio Octavio wrote: I'm using VNC for Linbox to Linbox. I'm able to log in and get vncviewer to see the remote mouse cursor move but all I get is a gray background with no other functions. I've looked at "xstart" and it's set to run "twm". Is there something I'm missing here? Seve
Re: [expert] VNC with just gray screen - please help resolve
Okay, I checked the log file and it's telling me that "xrdb" cannot find $HOME/.Xresources . I can't find .Xresources anywhere. Would you happen to have a copy to send me? Seve -Original Message- From: Bug Hunter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sevatio Octavio [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, June 19, 2000 8:07 AM Subject: Re: [expert] VNC with just gray screen - please help resolve you need to look in ~/.vnc/xstartup. there, an xterm should be started and the twm window manager will be started. I've installed icewm, and start it instead of twm, from that file./ On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, Sevatio Octavio wrote: I'm using VNC for Linbox to Linbox. I'm able to log in and get vncviewer to see the remote mouse cursor move but all I get is a gray background with no other functions. I've looked at "xstart" and it's set to run "twm". Is there something I'm missing here? Seve
Re: [expert] VNC with just gray screen - please help resolve
I don't have an .Xresources file either, however VNC runs fine for me. Have you tried specifying a different window manager in xstartup? Okay, I checked the log file and it's telling me that "xrdb" cannot find $HOME/.Xresources . I can't find .Xresources anywhere. Would you happen to have a copy to send me? - This message was sent using MI-Webmail. No matter where you are, never lose touch. Get your Email using MI-Webmail. http://www.monmouth.com/
Re: [expert] VNC with just gray screen - Resolved
You're right. I didn't need .Xresources. My problem was that the machine name that VNC was using to invoke the vncserver was not resolving to 127.0.0.1. I corrected /etc/host and it works now. Thanks for all your help. Seve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, June 19, 2000 12:23 PM Subject: Re: [expert] VNC with just gray screen - please help resolve I don't have an .Xresources file either, however VNC runs fine for me. Have you tried specifying a different window manager in xstartup? Okay, I checked the log file and it's telling me that "xrdb" cannot find $HOME/.Xresources . I can't find .Xresources anywhere. Would you happen to have a copy to send me? - This message was sent using MI-Webmail. No matter where you are, never lose touch. Get your Email using MI-Webmail. http://www.monmouth.com/
Re: [expert] VNC
Paul, Curiously a native compile creates the same crash Ill let you know if I find out anything Werner Werner Niebel wrote: Paul, Thanks for the help... I tried downloading the binaries and did have the same result... for some reason I can perform all X operations as I would expect, no crashes. I guess Ill try a native compile once again and see what happens... also Ill try and list the symbol table for both and see if anything looks strange...Im still at a loss as to why Thanks for the help Werner Paul Waldo wrote: Hi Werner, I had a lot of problems with the VNC RPM on the Mandrake 6.1 disk. I was VNCing from work (latest version, 3.3.3 R2) to the VNC server at home. It had a lot of problems, and I finally just downloaded the binaries from the source and it works like a champ. Paul "Werner E. Niebel" wrote: Hello all, Im stumped and hoped someone could help me. Im trying to use VNC in Mandrake 6.1. Ive used the RPMs and also done a native compile of the VNC software from the source code obtained at the VNC site. When I try to use certain software from Mentor graphics the server and client crashes... It works fine in X and dont know if anyone has seen this problem as well This has worked fine in previous versions of Redhat... Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Werner E Niebel begin:vcard n:Niebel;Werner x-mozilla-html:FALSE org:Cisco Systems, Inc.;Manchester, NH 03103 adr:;; version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Senior Hardware Engineer x-mozilla-cpt:;-17472 fn:Werner Niebel end:vcard
Re: [expert] VNC
Hi Werner, I had a lot of problems with the VNC RPM on the Mandrake 6.1 disk. I was VNCing from work (latest version, 3.3.3 R2) to the VNC server at home. It had a lot of problems, and I finally just downloaded the binaries from the source and it works like a champ. Paul "Werner E. Niebel" wrote: Hello all, Im stumped and hoped someone could help me. Im trying to use VNC in Mandrake 6.1. Ive used the RPMs and also done a native compile of the VNC software from the source code obtained at the VNC site. When I try to use certain software from Mentor graphics the server and client crashes... It works fine in X and dont know if anyone has seen this problem as well This has worked fine in previous versions of Redhat... Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Werner E Niebel
Re: [expert] VNC
Paul, Thanks for the help... I tried downloading the binaries and did have the same result... for some reason I can perform all X operations as I would expect, no crashes. I guess Ill try a native compile once again and see what happens... also Ill try and list the symbol table for both and see if anything looks strange...Im still at a loss as to why Thanks for the help Werner Paul Waldo wrote: Hi Werner, I had a lot of problems with the VNC RPM on the Mandrake 6.1 disk. I was VNCing from work (latest version, 3.3.3 R2) to the VNC server at home. It had a lot of problems, and I finally just downloaded the binaries from the source and it works like a champ. Paul "Werner E. Niebel" wrote: Hello all, Im stumped and hoped someone could help me. Im trying to use VNC in Mandrake 6.1. Ive used the RPMs and also done a native compile of the VNC software from the source code obtained at the VNC site. When I try to use certain software from Mentor graphics the server and client crashes... It works fine in X and dont know if anyone has seen this problem as well This has worked fine in previous versions of Redhat... Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Werner E Niebel
Re: [expert] VNC Server
This happens only with KDE not any other WM. Sridhar - Original Message - From: Derek Simkowiak [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Expert Mandrake List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 13, 1999 11:05 PM Subject: Re: [expert] VNC Server The Xclient file on my X11 dir is looking for etc/sysconfig/desktop file. I don't seem to have that file. Can anyone tell me what it contains, and if it is not critical can some email me the file. I consider this a bug in Mandrake, but I am too lazy to report it. It is a "missing" file, but an unimportant one. First, this missing file has nothing to do with your VNC problem. Next, if the file /etc/sysconfig/desktop contains the word "GNOME", and you have Gnome installed, then that will be your default desktop environment. If it says "KDE", and you have KDE installed, that will be your default desktop environment. If that file does not exist, and you have both KDE and GNOME, it will default to KDE (bah!). If you do not have KDE or GNOME installed, and that file does not exist, it tries to run AnotherLevel. If that fails, it tries FVWM2. See the file /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients for the exact script I'm talking about. Regarding the VNC problem, try restarting your Windows box...? --Derek
Re: [expert] VNC Server
The Xclient file on my X11 dir is looking for etc/sysconfig/desktop file. I don't seem to have that file. Can anyone tell me what it contains, and if it is not critical can some email me the file. I consider this a bug in Mandrake, but I am too lazy to report it. It is a "missing" file, but an unimportant one. First, this missing file has nothing to do with your VNC problem. Next, if the file /etc/sysconfig/desktop contains the word "GNOME", and you have Gnome installed, then that will be your default desktop environment. If it says "KDE", and you have KDE installed, that will be your default desktop environment. If that file does not exist, and you have both KDE and GNOME, it will default to KDE (bah!). If you do not have KDE or GNOME installed, and that file does not exist, it tries to run AnotherLevel. If that fails, it tries FVWM2. See the file /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients for the exact script I'm talking about. Regarding the VNC problem, try restarting your Windows box...? --Derek
Re: [expert] VNC
Yes, this is a great program for whatever operating system you use. I use it to access several machine that I need to use at work NT Server, win95 system, win98 system, linux mandrake system, mac, that way I can sit at one place and do support calls for almost any operating system problem our customer can come up with. we have a customer ( a water treatment plant) that has a winCE device, they are using it and a rf network card to access another computer that controlles all the valves and has all the line monitors for the whole plant, with this they can be in a remote building with the winCE device and change the operation and see the results onscreen as they work. they used to have a person at the computer and one that was going thru the buildings looking at gauges etc. then he would radio back to change a valve setting - it took several calls and they sometimes misunderstood before they would get a valve adjusted corectly. "James J. Capone" wrote: Check this link out folks. It is a very good program. If you network this could be for you if you don't still may work for you. http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ James J. Capone
Re: [expert] VNC
That is a really good program. I remember embedding it on a Linux satellite router so people could use the X-based configuration tool... all they had to do is point a browser at http://10.0.0.1:5800 and the nice VNC java applet would start in the browser. What's even more interesting, it works on about any platform, and it's open source. Jean-Michel Dault [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, James J. Capone wrote: Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 21:16:23 -0400 From: "James J. Capone" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] VNC Check this link out folks. It is a very good program. If you network this could be for you if you don't still may work for you. http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ James J. Capone
