James, I tried your suggestion to upgrade to the latest display driver. That did not solve the problem. I then tried removing the NVIDIA driver, and running the client using the windows XP VGA driver. The problem persisted.
--Richard-- -----Original Message----- From: James Weatherall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 6:55 AM To: 'Richard Fox'; [email protected] Subject: RE: Dual processor problem with vncviewer on XP Hi Richard, It sounds like you have a problem with the display drivers on your system. You might find that there's an upgrade from the manufacturer to fix problems of this sort. Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Fox > Sent: 14 August 2007 00:06 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Dual processor problem with vncviewer on XP > > I am looking for help on a problem with display freezes in vncviewer > running on a dual processor computer with Windows XP. > > The primary symptom is that vncviewer running on a dual processor > client freezes its video after a few seconds or a few minutes. But, it > works fine when I change boot.ini to run only one processor. > > Additional Symptoms: > The vnc link stays active, even though the viewer video is frozen. > The mouse on the client continues to control the cursor on the > server, even though the video on the client is frozen. > High data rate video, such as YouTube video, or rapid scrolling in > Excel, causes the freeze to occur sooner than when the screens are > fairly quiet. > The debug log at level 100 is "effectively identical" for a > successful 1 processor session, and for a frozen 2 processor session. > Assigning vncviewer process affinity to a single processor does > not fix the problem. > Assigning all process affinities except vncviewer to one > processor, and assigning vncviewer to the other processor does not fix > the problem. > Changing routers does not fix the problem. > Turning off all firewalls and all anti-virus programs does not fix > the problem. > The Java version of vncviewer also exhibits the freeze-up. > Reversing the roles of the client and the server does not freeze > up. > Winvnc works fine on the dual processor machine, and vncviewer works > on the other (single processor) machine. > Connecting to the same server from a different client computer > that has a single processor does not freeze up. The problem appears to > be localized to the dual processor machine. > > Client Configuration: > vncviewer personal edition P.4.2.3 > Windows XP Home with latest updates > Including Windows Patch KB896256 for AMD dual processors > Including AMD dual core processor patch 1.3.2.16 > Including AMD dual core optimizer > AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ > 3 Gigabytes of RAM > GeForce 6800 XT video card > 1 gigabit port to Linksys router > > Server Configuration: > winvnc4 4.1.2.0 > Windows XP Home with latest updates > Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop > 100 mbps port to the same Linksys router > > Network configuration: > This is a local area network connected through a Linksys router. > The 2 computers are in the same room. > I am controlling the server (a laptop) through the screen and > keyboard of the client (a desktop with a large screen and good > keyboard.) > The vnc logs report a 20,000 kbps connection > > Thanks > > --Richard Fox-- > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [email protected] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
