RE: Newbie question: vncserver running on port :25, need to attach Perl script to this when it executes

2009-12-03 Thread Long, Phillip GOSS
-Original Message- From: vnc-list-boun...@realvnc.com [mailto:vnc-list-boun...@realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Rob Newman Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 12:24 PM To: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: Re: Newbie question: vncserver running on port :25,need to attach Perl script to this when it

Re: Newbie question: vncserver running on port :25, need to attach Perl script to this when it executes

2009-12-03 Thread Adrian Phillips
> "Rob" == Rob Newman writes: Rob> I have a vnc server that I have got running on port Rob> localhost:25 via the command: Rob> vncserver.rt :25 -name "My Display" -geometry 1024x1000 Rob> -localhost Rob> I have a Perl script that I normally run from the X11 command

Re: Newbie question: vncserver running on port :25, need to attach Perl script to this when it executes

2009-12-01 Thread Rob Newman
Hi Phil, Thanks so much for the reply, however I think I didn't explain my problem clearly. The script is already on the same server, I just need the Perl script to attach to a display port (localhost:25 in this case) when it is run nightly via cron, as the script creates images that need

RE: Newbie question: vncserver running on port :25, need to attach Perl script to this when it executes

2009-12-01 Thread Long, Phillip GOSS
-Original Message- From: vnc-list-boun...@realvnc.com [mailto:vnc-list-boun...@realvnc.co m] On Behalf Of Rob Newman Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 3:13 PM To: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: Newbie question: vncserver running on port :25,need to attach Perl script to this when it executes

RE: Newbie question - new install vs upgrade

2006-06-07 Thread James Weatherall
Hi Paul, You can upgrade over an active 4.1.1 installation. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Bickley > Sent: 07 June 2006 02:18 > To: vnc-list@realvnc.com > Subject: Newbie question - new install v

Re: Newbie question

2006-05-07 Thread Jaroslaw Rafa
Arthur Simpatico napisal(a): > > This is a MUCH asked question here. Try starting here > http://www.realvnc.com/faq.html since all of your questions can be answered > there. (in response to:) > I have a fixed IP address for my broadband connection and connect via a > Belkin wireless router (alt

RE: Newbie question

2006-05-06 Thread Arthur Simpatico
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Re: Newbie question

2006-05-06 Thread Andrey Vul
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Richard Armstrong wrote: > Hi > Just subscribed so sorry if this is a stupid often asked question but > > I've been using VNC successfully for a while communicating across my > local network computers (I have peer to peer) and for communicating

RE: newbie question

2005-05-03 Thread Scott C. Best
ealvnc.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: newbie question Wez: Heya. I need to politely disagree: if Scott's wife was on a network behind an unconfigured firewall/router, your suggestion doesn't fully address his needs -- if she were using a dialup modem only

RE: newbie question

2005-05-03 Thread James Weatherall
C Ltd. > -Original Message- > From: Scott C. Best [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 27 April 2005 17:46 > To: vnc-list@realvnc.com > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: newbie question > > Wez: > > Heya. I need to politely d

Re: newbie question

2005-04-27 Thread Scott C. Best
Wez: Heya. I need to politely disagree: if Scott's wife was on a network behind an unconfigured firewall/router, your suggestion doesn't fully address his needs -- if she were using a dialup modem only, of course it would. But if not, then the unknown firewall/router issue is a much more su

RE: newbie question

2005-04-27 Thread James Weatherall
Scott, The simplest approach would be to use VNC Personal Edition (USD30, from http://www.realvnc.com/products/personal) at both ends (for encryption) and then to use a dynamic DNS service, such as no-ip.com, to assign a permanent friendly name to her computer - they provide an application that th

Re: newbie question

2005-04-25 Thread Scott C. Best
Scott: Heya. There are two good and easy solutions I know of which are built upon VNC components: 1. First is "UltraVNC SC": "www.ultravnc.com". With it, your wife would startup the server, and it would be pre-configured to connect back just to you, where a VNC Viewer in "Listner Mode

RE: newbie question

2005-04-25 Thread Beauford, Jason
: Monday, April 25, 2005 11:16 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: RE: newbie question Easiest way is to 1) Use something that has encryption built-in, such as Zebedee (includes a VNC-based app, but also encryption) or the "Enterprise" version of RealVNC. 2)

RE: newbie question

2005-04-25 Thread John Aldrich
Easiest way is to 1) Use something that has encryption built-in, such as Zebedee (includes a VNC-based app, but also encryption) or the "Enterprise" version of RealVNC. 2) Set up some sort of Dynamic DNS account (dyndns.org, ZoneEdit if you have your own domain name, or one of the other dynamic DNS

RE: Newbie question: how to use VNC on machine behind firewall

2005-03-04 Thread John Aldrich
You could have them connect to you... using the "add new client" option if you can speak to someone on the other side of the firewall. John -Original Message- From: Agoston" "Bejs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 5:58 AM To: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: Newb

Re: Newbie question: how to use VNC on machine behind firewall

2005-03-04 Thread Angelo Sarto
There are a couple ways to do this 1. use a third party tunnel (e.g. kaboodle) 2. try Hamachi (which is a peer-to-peer networking app (think kazaa for networking) (am I gonna get list smackdon for mentioning this ;) 3. If you control the firewall on the viewer side, or the viewer side

RE: Newbie Question -- Clients Cannot Connect

2005-01-27 Thread hotquietday
> In your router you need to "forward" the > vnc port. A router can allow > many computers to share the same internet > connection, when you > initiate the traffic from 'inside' the lan > the router knows that any > responses (e.g. a web page) goes back to > the computer that sent it. > But what h

RE: Newbie Question -- Clients Cannot Connect

2005-01-27 Thread hotquietday
Angelo, Thanks for the response > 1. Do you have a router or firewall > between your computer and the modem? I have a wireless router, but not a firewall. > 2. Are you running windows xp servie pack > 2 with the internet > firewall enabled? I don't believe so. How could I check for

Re: Newbie Question -- Clients Cannot Connect

2005-01-26 Thread Angelo Sarto
A couple things, 1. Do you have a router or firewall between your computer and the modem? 2. Are you running windows xp servie pack 2 with the internet firewall enabled? 3. Do you have a virus protection program that has a firewall (sometimes also called "worm protection") --Angelo On W

Re: newbie question

2005-01-26 Thread B. Scott Smith
gt; >-Original Message- >From: James Weatherall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 5:35 AM >To: Kevin Duffy; vnc-list@realvnc.com >Subject: RE: newbie question > > >Kevin, > >If the Windows machine is running Windows XP SP2, you'll ne

RE: newbie question

2005-01-26 Thread Kevin Duffy
Weatherall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 5:35 AM To: Kevin Duffy; vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: RE: newbie question Kevin, If the Windows machine is running Windows XP SP2, you'll need to disable its firewall, or make VNC Server an Exception to it (VNC Enterprise Ed

RE: newbie question

2005-01-26 Thread James Weatherall
Kevin, If the Windows machine is running Windows XP SP2, you'll need to disable its firewall, or make VNC Server an Exception to it (VNC Enterprise Edition 4.1.3 will do this for you, if you wish). Are you sure that you have the correct address for your LAN's firewall? Is it pingable? Error 10

Re: Newbie question

2005-01-17 Thread Angelo Sarto
Your xp box most liekely does use dns, Im not even sure if you can disable it in 2000/XP. Anyways Here is one solution...(this should work) 1. Go to DynDNS.org and sign up for a free account. a. You need to pick a domain/host e.g. linuxbox1.dyndns.org b. You will need o

Re: Newbie question

2005-01-17 Thread Zach Dennis
Arun wrote: I physically goto the linux machine and lookup what the ip address is. All these machines sit besides me in the lab. To get the IP Address of a linux box, open a xterm or something similar and try: ifconfig If that doesn't work try: . /sbin/ifconfig If that doesn't work then you most

Re: Newbie question

2005-01-17 Thread Arun
I physically goto the linux machine and lookup what the ip address is. All these machines sit besides me in the lab. --- Angelo Sarto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do you find out the IP's of the linux machines? > > Is there any place on your xp machine e.g. network > neighborhood, etc > wher

Re: Newbie question

2005-01-17 Thread Arun
I goto the linux machine and type ifconfig to determine the linux machine's ip. Get its ip and then use it everytime on vnc to connect to it. But i cant see the linux machine from xp. --- Angelo Sarto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do you find out the IP's of the linux machines? > > Is ther

RE: Newbie question

2005-01-17 Thread John Aldrich
ngelo Sarto Cc: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: Re: Newbie question I dont have the choice of making them static. Iam not the admin. I dont run the dns server either. But everything is on one Lan. And you right. I can't ping computername from my xp box. --- Angelo Sarto <[EMAIL PROT

Re: Newbie question

2005-01-17 Thread Angelo Sarto
How do you find out the IP's of the linux machines? Is there any place on your xp machine e.g. network neighborhood, etc where you can see the linux machines? --Angelo On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 15:18:20 -0800 (PST), Arun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I dont have the choice of making them static. > Ia

Re: Newbie question

2005-01-16 Thread Arun
I dont have the choice of making them static. Iam not the admin. I dont run the dns server either. But everything is on one Lan. And you right. I can't ping computername from my xp box. --- Angelo Sarto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > since they have dynamic IP's there is not a way for > vnc to dete

Re: Newbie question

2005-01-12 Thread Angelo Sarto
since they have dynamic IP's there is not a way for vnc to determine their IP from their name without dns. This has to do with the IP stack not necessarily vnc. e.g. "ping computername" form your xp box does not work either, I bet. If you are the one assigning dhcp to the clients you could make

RE: Newbie question - windows startup

2004-06-01 Thread Seak, Teng-Fong
First, unregister VNC server service (and stop the service if necessary). Then, whenever you need to access his PC, tell him to click the icon reading "Run VNC server". Be careful, "server" and "service" are different. This is a common mistake people always make. For m

Re: newbie question from a non-tech person

2003-12-10 Thread Scott C. Best
Lauren: Heya. It sounds as the other PC's in your library simply already had VNC installed on them, by an administrator-level user. So installing VNC again as a non-administrator...it sounds like you got the right error messages. :) FWIW, there are many "VNC-helper" apps out there

RE: newbie question from a non-tech person

2003-12-09 Thread James Weatherall
You may find it simplest just to remove VNC 3.3.7 and upgrade to VNC 4b4, which is generally faster and more stable. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Valdes, Lauren E. > Sent: 09 December 2003 19:26 > To:

Re: Newbie question about connecting across a WAN

2003-11-25 Thread Joe Kexel
If, a true vpn connection is created you should have an encrypted tunnel already. You will only need to know their IP address. Depending on the setup you will assign them an IP or they will assign themselves an IP. Which ever is needed will be apparent from the VPN configuration. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Newbie question about connecting across a WAN

2003-11-25 Thread Andrew Borland
Michael, The way you do this is that you (the would be controller) run the VNC Viewer in listening mode, the other people (the controlled) run the VNC Server and "add clients". This means that the only IP address that needs to be known is yours. Note, your friends run the server, you run the

Re: Newbie question about connecting across a WAN

2003-11-25 Thread David D. Hagood
On 11/25/2003 06:02 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My friends computer(s) (client) - connected to a router - connected to ADSL First, you would have to tell the router to forward the VNC port inward to his computer. Second, DON'T DO THAT! Instead, you want something with a bit more security than

Re: newbie question

2003-11-16 Thread Andrew Borland
Michael, The way you do this is that you (the would be controller) run the VNC Viewer in listening mode, the other people (the controlled) run the VNC Server and "add clients". Regards, Andrew Borland (UK) ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Newbie Question for starting VNC Server on RH 7.3

2003-06-26 Thread William Hooper
Please send replies to the list. Greg Council said: > Here are the results. Basically it looks like this server (with > preinstalled linux looks like xfree isn't installed - correct? when I do a > grep on the package, I get a couple of libraries but that's it. > > which xauth > which: no xauth in

Re: Newbie Question for starting VNC Server on RH 7.3

2003-06-24 Thread William Hooper
Greg Council said: > Installed and try to run vncserver from command shell and get the > following statement: > > vncserver: couldn't find "xauth" on your PATH. > > The vnc site says something about editing the perl script - ??? The default VNC script should be able to find xauth. What is the out

RE: ;-) (was: RE: Newbie question)

2002-06-10 Thread "Beerse, Corné"
Message - > From: "Beerse, Corni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, 2002-06-10 02:25 > Subject: RE: ;-) (was: RE: Newbie question) > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: Alex K. Angelopoulos [mailto:

Re: ;-) (was: RE: Newbie question)

2002-06-10 Thread Alex K. Angelopoulos
LOL! - Original Message - From: "Beerse, Corni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 2002-06-10 02:25 Subject: RE: ;-) (was: RE: Newbie question) > > -Original Message- > > From: Alex K. Angelopoulos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTE

RE: ;-) (was: RE: Newbie question)

2002-06-10 Thread "Beerse, Corné"
> -Original Message- > From: Alex K. Angelopoulos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > The day you go into commercial mode, Corne, I'm going to > start spelling your > name with a Euro symbol... ;-) I will show a general commercial mode by signing with "BEUREUR. CBee ;-) > > > > > You're get

Re: ;-) (was: RE: Newbie question)

2002-06-07 Thread Alex K. Angelopoulos
The day you go into commercial mode, Corne, I'm going to start spelling your name with a Euro symbol... ;-) > > You're getting close. It's just that if I'm in the non-commercial mode, I > tend to indicate commercial terms with commercial signs. ___ VNC-

;-) (was: RE: Newbie question)

2002-06-05 Thread "Beerse, Corné"
> -Original Message- > From: Bubba Sixtoes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Is there something wrong with your keyboard? It appears that > whenever you > type an "S" after an "M", the "S" mysteriously has a "|" > superimposed on it. > I once had a similar problem that interfered with my "e", >

Re: Newbie question

2002-06-04 Thread Bubba Sixtoes
n help you sort this out. Don't be concerned that it's not VNC-related ... people on this list are happy to help people such as yourself who are just starting out with computers. - Original Message - From: "Beerse, Corni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROT

RE: Newbie question

2002-06-04 Thread "Beerse, Corné"
> -Original Message- > From: Raghavendra Prasad > This is my first attempt to VNC. I installed VNC > server on Windows NT and > was able to view from another NT Workstation using Run VNCviewer. > > Next, I installed VNC server on Solaris system and > tried to access from a

RE: Newbie Question

2002-05-31 Thread "Beerse, Corné"
ecorner.com/articles/vnc/linux.asp . CBee > > I'm off to the website to check it out, thanks. > > > From: "Beerse,_Corni" > Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 10:23:39 +0200 > To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Newbie

RE: Newbie Question

2002-05-31 Thread Sasha McLaughlin
startup Log file is /home/myusername/.vnc/mahcinename:1.log I'm off to the website to check it out, thanks. From: "Beerse,_Corni" Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 10:23:39 +0200 To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Newbie Question > &

RE: Newbie Question

2002-05-31 Thread "Beerse, Corné"
> -Original Message- > From: Sasha McLaughlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > I am trying to set up a VNC server on a Red hat 7.2 > machine. I have NO IDEA what I'm doing here, help me. First see if vncserver runs as documented on the website. At the server machine, start `vncserver`