> Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 12:55:22 -0400
> From: "Li, Charles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> I am using Exceed to install 9iAS for HP-UX, using my PC as the display (we
> do not have direct access to the server. This involves setting display to my
> PC. I have a vncserver running on a Linux server. I
Sathyan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the quick mail and sorry that I was not clear enough.
>
> The posting I am talking about is the following and its chain..
> http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2002-June/031406.html
>
> My viewer is always color restricted to 8b
Richard Everett wrote:
> I believe it was in reference to some Soloris 8 boxes
> running TightVNC and having the pc VNC sessions
> crashing on windows boxes.
>
> I am having an issue where RH8 will not allow me to
> start another session manager as root with gnome. I
> do not have the issue on my
Hello,
I'm finding that vncserver doesn't accurately
respect the -geometry specification. I'm running
TightVNC 1.2.7 on Solaris 8. The command is:
vncserver -nolisten local -nevershared \
-geometry 1394x986 -localhost -depth 24
What I get in the viewer is:
$$> xdpyinfo | grep dime
Pete Phillips wrote:
> I usually send both to the original sender and to the forum I am reading. I have
> often gone to some degree of effort to answer a poster's question only to
> discover he/she re-posting the same question later because they didn't
> receive the reply. This is incredibly annoy
> Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 08:50:18 -0500
> To: "arkenstone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "VNC List"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> From: John Kaufmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Is this an issue of posting etiquette?
>
> At 20:12 +1100 030203, arkenstone wrote:
> >I'll have to agr
John Kaufmann wrote:
> I anticipated that I *should* have replied
> to you *on*list (because this really is still an issue of list
> concern), and so posted again to the list - after you replied to the
> same post sent privately, with copy to the list. (Anyone trying to
> follow this thread might
John Kaufmann wrote:
> Fred, it has nothing to do with posting etiquette, and really not
> much to do with which mail clients people are using.
>
> The reason you are seeing that a lot lately is because of the change
> in this list, made a couple months ago, to drop the "Reply-To: list"
> header.
andy preston wrote:
> I think this is what you are talking about
> http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
>
> Andy
> --
> andy preston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Andy,
I took a quick read, and it seems that the point is that the
Reply-To shouldn't automatically be modified by the list
administ
Hello,
I'm finding that I sometimes receive
email on a thread that is also posted
to a mailing list or newsgroup. It could
be a thread I started, or joined afterward.
The problem is that there is no information
on the headers that the email is also posted
to the forum. So my reply is not copied
Hi,
I'm running into all sorts of crashing
vncservers when using tightvnc1.2.7
running on solaris 8. Mostly associated
with netscape 7. It seems to be linked to
complicated graphics, with graded color
and/or moving graphics on a webpage.
In fact, when I changed to the "modern"
browser look, the
James ''Wez'' Weatherall wrote:
On Thu, 2003-01-16 at 17:17, Shing-Fat Fred Ma wrote:
Maybe VNC viewer can just look at the state of the screen
blanking (or screen saver) to decide whether to ask for
updates?
The easiest way to achieve that effect would be to config
Message: 9
Subject: tight encoding in realvnc?
From: Fabian Fagerholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Organization: paniq.net
Date: 18 Jan 2003 10:17:28 +0200
Hi!
I'm wondering if there are any plans to introduce the 'tight' encoding
from the TightVNC project into RealVNC? None of the cu
Message: 4
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 11:35:26 -0800 (PST)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wayne Throop)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Idea to save bandwidth: Don't update screen
You might also play with -deferupdate settings when starting Xvnc.
Not sure how much it'd help, or if
Original Message
Subject: Re: Idea to save bandwidth: Don't update screen
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 13:10:32 -0500
From: Shing-Fat Fred Ma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Mark Rainford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
James ''Wez'' Weatherall wrote:
Fred,
You can avoid the effects of things like blinky cursors simply by
minimising the viewer. That should prevent the viewer from requesting
further display updates until it is restored.
Cheers,
Hi, James,
Thanks...that's handy to know. It's certainly e
Please excuse this repost, but I intelligently forgot to
change the subject line to something meaningful, again.
Fred
>Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 23:00:49 -0500
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>From: Michael Milette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Idea to save bandwidth: Don't update scre
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 23:00:49 -0500
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Michael Milette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Idea to save bandwidth: Don't update screen
Although I can appreciate your suggestion, I often have VNC running
watching and waiting for something to happen on the
Here in Canada, many high-speed service providers are
putting a monthly quota on the number of bits you can
download before they charge you extra. They refer to
the quota as "bandwidth" (bits per month).
People who are likely to use VNC and its variants are
often not the same people who download
Also, when I kill the server by typing
% vncserver -kill :1
The server dies successfully but leaves my CDE desktop completely
unresponsive to any keystrokes. I then have to login remotely and reboot
the system in order to get the keyboard back.
I use TightVNC to connect to a Solaris 8 server
from
From: "John Li" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: VNC 3.3.6 Crash on Solaris 8
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 14:47:08 -0500
Hi All,
Althogh VNC 3.3.6 is much steadable than 3.3.3, it still
crashs sometimes on Solaris 8. When Adobe frame maker or
netscape is running inside a vncviewer, s
Hello,
I've been suffering a rash of crashing VNC desktops
in the past month or so. I'm running servers (TightVNC1.2.7)
on solaris 8, and viewers can run on either the PC
(Dell Inspiron 8000, running either WinME or Win2K, happens
to them both); or the viewer can be launched from one of
the VNC s
n University, Dept. of Electronics
1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario
Canada, K1S 5B6
Grant McDorman wrote:
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On December 17, 2002 04:09 am, Shing-Fat Fred Ma wrote:
Hello,
I thought I overcame the problem of 8-bit
desktops crashing as soon as a
Hello,
I thought I overcame the problem of 8-bit
desktops crashing as soon as a viewer connects
to it from a 24-bit desktop. I might have been
wrong. I just tried again and the 8-bit desktop
died. The only difference between
When I launch the viewer, I get the message
Connected to VNC serv
Hello,
I just successfully compiled TightVNC1.2.7yaayyy!
A small problem...if I start a 24-bit desktop and
use netscape 7 to browse to TightVNC's mailing
list archive (which is down right now), the VNC
server crashes. Terminates. Finito.
I'm running twm window manager on solaris 8.
I'm als
Hi, Brigitte,
After reading your link about *.so files,
I recompiled TightVNC 1.2.7 and it worked.
The only difference this time was that I didn't
try to install my own libz stuff. We have some
libz.so files in my LD_LIBRARY_PATH, so I
have no idea why I tried to install my own
last time. For so
list (I've copied them as well).
Thanks.
Fred
Shing-Fat Fred Ma wrote:
Hi, I'm using netscape 7 on solaris 8,
through VNC. I have to use 24-bit for
a number of reasons, not the least of
which is the color flashing that comes
with private colormaps when applications
can't allocate
Subject: dtwm via vnc
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 11:26:09 -
From: "Jason Jarvis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I am having a real problem changing the default window manager using vnc.
I have replaced twm & with /usr/dt/bin/dtwm &
but all this does is gives me no window manager at all.
My vncserver is run
add -I/usr/dt/include -I/usr/openwin/include -L/usr/dt/lib
- -L/usr/openwin/lib depending on your Solaris version; don't need it on Sol 8
here.)
The program should work on any display depth and type.
I can send the compiled version if you want too.
Have fun.
On December 2, 2002 06:44 am,
I don't mind 8 planes, we have a restrictive
bandwidth between the campus and the outside
wold.
Thanks for the info.
Fred
--
Fred Ma, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Carleton University, Dept. of Electronics
1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario
Canada, K1S 5B6
Beerse, Corni wrote:
> -----Origin
==========
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 19:46:58 -0500
From: Shing-Fat Fred Ma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: comp.editors,comp.windows.x,comp.unix.solaris
Subject: Re: gvim script hangs twm in pseudocolor display
Kip Rugger wrote:
Shing-Fat Fred Ma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello,
Is there an X-tool in solaris that allows
me to dial up different RGB values and
see what text looks like on a background
of another RGB value?
The situtation is that I'm using TightVNC
to connect to a solaris8 box
(www.tightvnc.com). I use the default
8-bit true color mode because I have
Hello,
I'm not sure if this problem is
inherently vim's, solaris's, windows,
twm, or vnc.
I use TightVNC 1.2.2 to connect to twm
running on solaris 8. I've got a twm
menu item set to call a script
~/bin/gvim, which consists of the
following lines:
#!/bin/SomeShell
/Directory/of/gvim/execu
From: David Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hello,
Without ssh, is it better to
connect from a PC veiwer to
a solaris server over the
internet, or the following:
start the solaris server
with -localhost, telnet into
the sun box and use vncconnect
to make the server connect to
your remote PC viewer.
to 24-bits?
Fred
--
Fred Ma, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Carleton University, Dept. of Electronics
1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario
Canada, K1S 5B6
Shing-Fat Fred Ma wrote:
Hello,
I'm using tightVNC 1.2.2, accessing solaris8
from WinME. Our Sun administrator recently
upgraded from Acroba
Hello,
I'm using tightVNC 1.2.2, accessing solaris8
from WinME. Our Sun administrator recently
upgraded from Acrobat Reader 4.0 to 5.0.
Reader warns that it doesnt' have
enough colors, starts up in grayscale, and
displays the document a pitch black.
According to Reader's README, Reader's
warni
Has there ever been a consensus or conclusion
reached about the possibility of merging VNC
with TightVNC? I see such good stuff on both
mailing lists, it would be great to have the best
of both worlds. (From the VNC world, I hear
lots about solaris, I would find that very helpful).
Fred
---
Has there ever been a consensus or conclusion
reached about the possibility of merging VNC
with TightVNC? I see such good stuff on both
mailing lists, it would be great to have the best
of both worlds. (From the VNC world, I hear
lots about solaris, I would find that very helpful).
Fred
---
ed Ma
Department of Electronics
Carleton University, Mackenzie Building
1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada K1S 5B6
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
===
"Beerse, Corni" wrote:
>
>
> > -----Original Message-
> > From: Shing-Fat Fred
Hello,
Aside from hacking the C-code, is there a
way to shorten the vncviewer window title
from
"TightVNC: User's $desktopName (host:display)"
to simply $desktopName? When we are working
with many windows, it's a lot easier to keep track
of them by looking at short, sweet names. I've
already loo
Hello,
I use TightVNC to connect to a remote solaris box.
If you have a cursor blinking on the virtual desktop
for the server, the bandwidth taken is about 7kbps
each for up and down link. Even if the window is
not showing, Anyone with limited
number of bits per month may want to change
window f
Hello,
I'm using TightVNC1.2.2 to connect to Solaris8 from WinMe.
I'm using OpenSSH_3.4p1, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL
0x0090607f to open the connection. This ssh came with
cygwin-1.3.12-4, which I just upgraded to. Prior to this, I
was running OpenSSH_2.3.0p1, protocol versions 1.5/2.0. I
Thanks, Ian. It seemed to help in that I can
now access the desktop controls, but exitting
is still a problem. I took a snapshot of my
processes before and after the attempted exit
(http://www.doe.carleton.ca/~fma/VNC_dtsession.gif).
It looks like xstart, Xsession, and dtsession all
terminate, b
Hello,
I'm using TightVNC1.2.2 on WinME to
connect to a Solaris8 box.
I turned on xterm's visual bell using
ctrl-. The
audible bell certainly goes away, but I
don't really see any visual bell unless
I repeatedly press Backspace at the
command line prompt. Even then it
isn't there for the most
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To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: TightVNC/solaris: dtwm Desktop control and exit
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 11:13:44 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > -----Original Message-
> > From: Shing-Fat Fred Ma [mailto:[EMAIL P
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Shing-Fat Fred Ma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: dinsdag 1 oktober 2002 05:39
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: TightVNC/solaris: dtwm Desktop control and exit
> >
> >
> >
Hello,
I'm using TightVNC 1.2.2 (haven't successfully
upgraded, but that's a different story). The
host system is solaris 8.
In my xstartup, I invoke dtsession. Everything
seems fine, except when I try to set the
desktop controls (an icon). I get an error
message:
The folder specificati
> From: "Andy Harter"
> To:
> Subject: VNC Mailing Lists - possible disruption
> Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 09:54:49 +0100
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> We are about to move the vnc mailing lists to a new server.
>
Hope it has a search engine =)
---
Fre
> Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 22:53:06 -0500
> From: Wes Groleau
> Subject: Re: [despammed] VNC is "hackable" (was "VPN and VNC")
>
> Unless you have added encryption to it, the passwords
> are not encrypted. But what the heck, neither are 90+%
> of the passwords on other services.
>
Wes,
I've read
Hello,
I'm not sure if this is a vanilla or tight VNC issue.
I've read the web site man pages and the FAQ.
Unfortunately, neither sites seem to support
searches of the mailing list archives anymore.
The PC-based VNCviewer has this menu
item to "Save connection info as". How does
one use thi
Hi,
Being the computer-ridden person I am, I tried to use the
solaris8 "talk" command to contact someone with 10
terminals open (probably dtterms). Nothing happened
(no the person doesn't hate me), so I did a few experiments.
First, I tried to identify the terminals that I had, corresponding
to
> From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=22Beerse=2C_Corn=E9=22?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: Unknown authentication screen?
> Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 09:38:58 +0200
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> >
Hi,
I'm using 3.3.3r2+tight1.2.2. I've got a vncserver running
on solaris 8 for a while, and connect to it regularly from a
PC running of WinME using cygwin's ssh together with local
loopback to the ssh port. Works fine normally, but I
recently encountered an error message after typing in my VN
OK, Thanks. It's somewhat clear. One can
twist into a pretzel thinking about it. I just
tried the viewer with -truecolour and depth
24, but still getting 8bpp truecolour. I'm
assuming that the sun box hosting the viewer
is not capable of 24-bit true color (maybe it's
using its color map to emu
Thanks for your explanations, Grant. Though some it raises
more questions, in case you or anyone else care to elaborate.
Grant McDorman wrote:
> -depth does not control the connection depth; instead, it tells the viewer
> to try to create its local window at that depth *with the default visual*
Thanks, Miro, I managed to lug my laptop around
wherever I go (with cygwin's ssh), so I'll avoid
another piece of software until the need arises.
But the point remains, you can't just walk into a
library and use there severely restricted web
surfing setup to connect to a server with
-localhost.
That's a neat Xvnc switch , the -localhost, thanks
for bringing it up. I'm finding that the ssh command
must specify "localhost" (without quotes) as the
server host in
http://www.geocrawler.com/lists/3/SourceForge/17280/0/8368314/
http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/sshwin.html
ie. if
TightVNC requires that ssh be installed. It's a great
package, but security is an issue even with ssh. It
seems that a malicious person can repeatedly
attempt to connect to the server with new passwords.
Though it doesn't allow more than X number of attempts
(somewher around 5 or 7, I think), it
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