RE: VB error in 4.3.7 -- I meant 3.3.7!

2005-03-21 Thread Dan Chernin
Sorry for the mistake. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Dan Chernin Sent: Mon 3/21/2005 9:44 PM To: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: VB error in 4.3.7 In certain situations, when trying to create an object from a "Thread Per Object" VB ActiveX Exe, I get error

VB error in 4.3.7

2005-03-21 Thread Dan Chernin
In certain situations, when trying to create an object from a "Thread Per Object" VB ActiveX Exe, I get error 462: "The remote server machine does not exist or is unavailable"; on closer examination, it turns out that the exe just suddenly "vanished". I can reproduce this consistently in VNC 4.3.7,

Re: "Too Many Security Failures" with v4.1

2005-03-21 Thread Scott C. Best
Wez: Heya. So exactly what qualifies as a "failed authentication attempt"? I was trying to connect to a 4.1.1 server (Free edition) using a tunneling application, and I saw the same error message. It's possible the tunneling application connects to the VNC Server with some NULL characters at init

RE: "Bundling" VNC? (Repost)

2005-03-21 Thread Daniel Dainty
Thanks, both, for your responses (and any more that may follow!). :) I'll send a copy of the email to the RealVNC staff and anyone who I can find that can pick through the GPL to the required level. Cheers! Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On B

RE: How do I get my moms computer to connect to me?

2005-03-21 Thread Buddy Craigg
Thanks for the education on the two separate IP address. I know just enough to hurt myself :)~ So I should have ONLY typed in the 66.140.92.18. And about her not being able to connect to me while I was in listening mode. I did have port 5500 open and routed to my computer. But me being the bhome

RE: "Bundling" VNC? (Repost)

2005-03-21 Thread Mike Scott
Curious indeed. The realVNC website clearly states the GPL is in effect (for the free version). I would think your scenario is similar to a Linux distro that is commercially sold yet contains MANY titles licensed under the GPL. One difference, however, is that your app "must have" the VNC binari

RE: UPDATE: please help configure internal / external IP address

2005-03-21 Thread Buddy Craigg
but you right on about it being a win2000pro box --- Erik Soderquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > onboard NIC, windows 2000/XP, correct? > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Buddy Craigg > Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 19:09 > To: vn

RE: RedHat and VNC server xinetd and init.d

2005-03-21 Thread James B. White
I got this very kindly from Paul Putkowski "off list" It works well, however you get a new session each time you connect. I have subsequently also written up a script in to place in init.d. So I have both sessions that are started on Boot into runlevel 3,4, & 5, and sessions that can be started by

RE: Contacting RealVNC

2005-03-21 Thread Mike Miller
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, Collins, Kevin (MindWorks) [Contractor] wrote: The original "legal" question had nothing to do with either of these versions of the software (directly) - it was about the legality of selling another software package for installing VNC. OK. I guess another thread got mixed in

RE: Contacting RealVNC

2005-03-21 Thread Collins, Kevin (MindWorks) [Contractor]
The original "legal" question had nothing to do with either of these versions of the software (directly) - it was about the legality of selling another software package for installing VNC. Kevin -Original Message- From: Mike Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 1

RE: Contacting RealVNC

2005-03-21 Thread Mike Miller
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, Erik Soderquist wrote: huh? it was my understanding that people were using vnc, so how could it be nonexistent? We're talking about our questions about the forthcoming releases of two currently nonexistent programs: VNC Personal Edition... http://www.vnc.com/download.html ..

Re: VNC and xinetd (redhat/fedora)

2005-03-21 Thread Rex Dieter
Have a look at: http://www.prosig.com/protor/kbase/vnc-install.html for instructions on how to start VNC via xinetd RedHat/Fedora users (probably other linux variants as well) can use the vnc-ltsp-config package from Fedora Extras(*) to do this. Enable XDMCP via your (local) login manager, and /

RE: Contacting RealVNC

2005-03-21 Thread Erik Soderquist
huh? it was my understanding that people were using vnc, so how could it be nonexistent? -Original Message- From: Mike Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 15:05 To: Erik Soderquist Cc: Collins, Kevin (MindWorks) [Contractor]; Miles Beck; VNC List Subject: RE: Co

RE: Contacting RealVNC

2005-03-21 Thread Mike Miller
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, Erik Soderquist wrote: keep those emails, have a lawyer look at the license agreement, and if still no response, you at least have records of attempting to contact and acting in good faith. I'm not a lawyer, so try that at your own risk. No license agreement applies to quest

VNC 4.0

2005-03-21 Thread Singh, Harjit \(Mission Systems\)
Assuming the VNC setup is done to perform encryption and NT domain authentication. Is the process of initial communication between VNC viewer and VNC server until authentication process is unencrypted. This means to say when Viewer sends request to server for connectivity, server authenticate

RE: Contacting RealVNC

2005-03-21 Thread Erik Soderquist
keep those emails, have a lawyer look at the license agreement, and if still no response, you at least have records of attempting to contact and acting in good faith. I'm not a lawyer, so try that at your own risk. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Be

RE: Contacting RealVNC

2005-03-21 Thread Mike Miller
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, Collins, Kevin (MindWorks) [Contractor] wrote: I have to agree - I asked the same type of questions about Enterprise VNC for Unix (which costs $$!) twice and have not gotten any response... Anyone? I can only add my agreement. My interpretation is that "soon" does not reall

RE: Contacting RealVNC

2005-03-21 Thread Collins, Kevin (MindWorks) [Contractor]
I have to agree - I asked the same type of questions about Enterprise VNC for Unix (which costs $$!) twice and have not gotten any response... Anyone? Kevin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Miles Beck Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 7:34 AM To

RE: RedHat and VNC server

2005-03-21 Thread Collins, Kevin (MindWorks) [Contractor]
You can also have specific vnc servers started at boot time on RedHat. See /etc/init.d/vncserver. Kevin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Erik Soderquist Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 6:31 AM To: James B. White; vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject:

RE: UPDATE: please help configure internal / external IP address

2005-03-21 Thread Buddy Craigg
nope, it's just some cheap nic card --- Erik Soderquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > onboard NIC, windows 2000/XP, correct? > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Buddy Craigg > Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 19:09 > To: vnc-list@realvn

RE: "Too Many Security Failures" with v4.1

2005-03-21 Thread James Weatherall
Bob, "Too many security failures" indicates that the IP address from which you are connecting has been making lots of connections to the VNC Server that didn't end up being successfully authenticated. This is a security feature designed to prevent dictionary attacks on servers, by preventing mach

"Too Many Security Failures" with v4.1

2005-03-21 Thread Bob Hartung
I use RealVNC for remote administration on roughly 100 pcs. I have mainly v3.3.7 running but I have started using v4.0. I've downloaded RealVNC v 4.1 Free Ed. and installed it on a Win2000 (sp 5) server to test it. Initially everything worked fine but then I started getting the error message "T

RE: Can 'I Disconnect Monitor?

2005-03-21 Thread Erik Soderquist
I can't say for certain, but I think that may be the mac "intelligently" turning off the display functions when it detects the monitor disconnected. I've had almost no experience with macs though, this is just a guess on my part. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PR

RE: Graphical Update Slowdown when being Monitored

2005-03-21 Thread James Weatherall
Erik, The VNC Mirror Driver is an optional component that existing VNC Enterprise Edition servers can be configured to use if installed. The VNC Hooks method remains the default scheme, though. Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -Original Message- > From: Erik Soderquist [mailto:[EMAIL PR

RE: Can 'I Disconnect Monitor?

2005-03-21 Thread James Weatherall
Chris, It sounds like you need to find out how to tell the Mac to assume that there is a monitor always connected, rather than to auto-detect it. Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris > Sent: 21 March

RE: Graphical Update Slowdown when being Monitored

2005-03-21 Thread Erik Soderquist
will the mirror driver be optional or required in the installation? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Weatherall Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 10:10 To: 'Mark Jacobs'; vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: RE: Graphical Update Slowdown when bei

Contacting RealVNC

2005-03-21 Thread Miles Beck
Good luck getting a response. I posted to the list with a question I had about the Personal Edition and did not get a response. Then I emailed James and still did not get a response. I'd still like some information on when the Personal Edition is going to come out. If they do not plan a release so

Can 'I Disconnect Monitor?

2005-03-21 Thread Chris
Hi, Im using VNC to remote a mac, and connecting via other macs and pcs. I dont have enough space for a monitor for the controlled mac computer. Does anyonre know if it is possible to disconnect the monitor so just the machine will be running alone? I tried and the remote just goes fuzzy and b

Re: xvnc & inetd

2005-03-21 Thread Kevin White
I still haven't managed to do what I want. I want to start VNC via inetd and then start some applications for the user. I've tried the XDM, XDMCP route. The problem with this is that uers need to login! Our users are members of the general public who won't know anything about logins. Therefore

RE: Graphical Update Slowdown when being Monitored

2005-03-21 Thread James Weatherall
Mark, How much effect VNC Server has on system performance depends heavily upon the system hardware & drivers. One things you may wish to try is disabling "Capture alpha-blended windows" in the "Capture Method" tab of VNC Server Properties. Capturing of alpha blended windows requires use of Wind

Re: RedHat and VNC server

2005-03-21 Thread Alasdair Ferro
Have a look at: http://www.prosig.com/protor/kbase/vnc-install.html for instructions on how to start VNC via xinetd. It's very simple, and works no problems for me (Redhat 7.2 & 9 from Linux, Windows & Solaris) Alasdair I can almost guarantee that it can't use xinetd and never has, someone please

Re: xvnc & inetd

2005-03-21 Thread Alasdair Ferro
NO! This isn't correct - you can use inetd to spawn multiple VNC connections for both the same or multiple users - that's what I am doing on both Linux & Solaris. Basically inetd listens on port 5901 (in my case), and new connections are created on another port (you don't need to know which, bu

RE: RedHat and VNC server

2005-03-21 Thread Erik Soderquist
I can almost guarantee that it can't use xinetd and never has, someone please correct me if I am inaccurate? as to the redhat install, how are you starting the vnc server? personally, I telnet to the linux host (RH 9 and RH ent 3) and run vncserver -geometry 1024x768 watch what display number I

RE: How do I get my moms computer to connect to me?

2005-03-21 Thread Erik Soderquist
the comma indicates multiple ip addresses. use one or the other. since I suspect you are trying to connect across the internet, I would recommend the 66.140.92.18 address as the other one is a non-routable internal address. the vnc listening viewer option would require you to have tcp port 5500 un

RE: UPDATE: please help configure internal / external IP address

2005-03-21 Thread Erik Soderquist
onboard NIC, windows 2000/XP, correct? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Buddy Craigg Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 19:09 To: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: UPDATE: please help configure internal / external IP address I didnt really figure

RE: xvnc & inetd

2005-03-21 Thread Erik Soderquist
if I understand the structure correctly, using xinetd won't work as xinetd spawns a new daemon subprocess for each connection on the same port. the first connection *might* succeed, but each subsequent one would fail since the new process would try to bind to a port another process is already liste

Graphical Update Slowdown when being Monitored

2005-03-21 Thread Mark Jacobs
We have VNC Enterprise 4.1.3 server installed as a service on some client Win XP Pro SP2 PCs. We use VNCViewer from the supervisor PC to "look at" active screens. We have noticed that when a PC is being viewed, the graphical updates on the viewed PC are slowed down to a point where :- 1) The u

RE: "Bundling" VNC? (Repost)

2005-03-21 Thread Erik Soderquist
I would have to say your best bet would be to contact the authors rather than this list. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Dainty Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 05:57 To: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: "Bundling" VNC? (Repost) I'm rep

Re: Help needed to VNC from Windows to my Linux Desktop

2005-03-21 Thread Angelo Sarto
The link for the documentation for remoting the 0 console is here: http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/x0.html this will allow you to remotely use your normal session. --Angelo On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 11:03:05 -, James Weatherall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > > The problem you'

RE: Connection reset by peer 10054

2005-03-21 Thread James Weatherall
Barry, How long are you leaving the desktop alone for when you get the connection reset by peer message? Are you running any firewall (including Windows Firewall) on the broken XP box? Are the two laptops connecting over identical network connections? Are the two laptops using identical hardwar

RE: Help needed to VNC from Windows to my Linux Desktop

2005-03-21 Thread James Weatherall
Hi there, The problem you're seeing is that the programs you're using assume that you'll only run one copy per-user - they aren't capable of running as the same user but on different desktops. This is a long-standing issue with many Gnome applications, if I remember correctly. You can either kil