I have been using VNC for some time with much success. But I have a problem when running the VNC server on a Windows 2000 machine.
I can connect to the VNC server successfully and see Windows 2000's login prompt. However after I log in, the VNC server closes the connection. If I subsequently reconnect, the initial screen is transferred and then the server immediately closes the connection. The curious thing is that if I move the mouse continuously, this keeps the connection open. But if I stop moving the mouse, the connection is then closed within about 0.5 seconds. It is as if, once I am logged in, there is a timeout of about 0.5 seconds after which the connection is closed if there were no events. I am not sure what would cause this behaviour, or why it should happen only after I log in. In the mailing list archives I found reference to a problem where the screen resolution changes after logging in, causing similar symptoms. However, this does not appear to be the problem in the present case. On a long shot, I thought the problem might be associated with the program Xmouse that I had installed on the Windows 2000 machine, which enables auto-focus or point-to-type on Windows 2000. However I disabled this program and the problem still occurs. I have tried using VNC viewers on Windows and UNIX, which work fine when connecting to other servers, but they all exhibit the same behaviour when connecting to this particular Windows 2000 machine. I tried installing WinVNC on another Windows 2000 machine, and the problem does not occur. I do not know what is different about that machine. I have tried running WinVNC both as application and as a service, but it makes no difference. I am not familiar with the inner workings of VNC, so I have not been able to diagnose the problem further. Any ideas? -- Mario Becroft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://gem.win.co.nz/mb/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
