Problems Using WinVNC to view Red Hat Linux
Richard Forster
rforster "at" melbpc.org.au
Mon, 10 Aug 1998 05:33:04 +0000
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A newbie here,
making a plea for help to those who are using WinVNC with Unix/Linux
(Redhat V4 if that makes a difference). I am getting a blank X window,
and nothing more!! Things that have been tried.
* WinVNC to WinVNC worked
* VNC to VNC running under X worked, once the windows manager was
changed from twm to fvwm (which is the only windows manager I have
configured for our system).
* Changing the fonts to match those in the existing X configuration file
did nothing.
* Changing the windows manager did nothing.
* Various combinations of the above did nothing
* The vnc log suggests no obvious problems, apart from an 'ignoring
unknown encoding type 3' which the mail archive suggests is
unimportant. The log for a short session is as follows.
04/08/98 17:16:04 Xvnc version 3.3.2r2
04/08/98 17:16:04 Copyright (C) 1997-8 Olivetti & Oracle Research
Laboratory
04/08/98 17:16:04 See http://www.orl.co.uk/vnc for information about VNC
04/08/98 17:16:04 Desktop name 'X' (cit3:2)
04/08/98 17:16:04 Protocol version supported 3.3
04/08/98 17:16:04 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5902
04/08/98 17:16:04 Listening for HTTP connections on TCP port 5802
04/08/98 17:16:04 URL http://cit3:5802
04/08/98 17:16:35 Got connection from client 10.18.17.95
04/08/98 17:16:35 Protocol version 3.3
04/08/98 17:16:39 Pixel format for client 10.18.17.95:
04/08/98 17:16:39 16 bpp, depth 16, little endian
04/08/98 17:16:39 true colour: max r 63 g 31 b 31, shift r 0 g 6 b 11
04/08/98 17:16:39 rfbSetTranslateFunction: client is 16-bit trueColour,
server has colour map
04/08/98 17:16:39 Using hextile
* We are using hextile encoding. There are about a million things in
the VNC server startup script that could be changed - anyone care to
suggest an angle of attack?
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,-._|\ Richard Forster
/ Oz \ Melbourne, Australia
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v (011 61 3) 9213 6756
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<FONT SIZE=+1>A newbie here,</FONT><FONT SIZE=+1></FONT>
<P><FONT SIZE=+1>making a plea for help to those who are using WinVNC with
Unix/Linux (Redhat V4 if that makes a difference). I am getting a
blank X window, and nothing more!! Things that have been tried.</FONT><FONT SIZE=+1></FONT>
<P><FONT SIZE=+1>* WinVNC to WinVNC worked</FONT><FONT SIZE=+1></FONT>
<P><FONT SIZE=+1>* VNC to VNC running under X worked, once the windows
manager was changed from twm to fvwm (which is the only windows manager
I have configured for our system).</FONT><FONT SIZE=+1></FONT>
<P><FONT SIZE=+1>* Changing the fonts to match those in the existing X
configuration file did nothing.</FONT><FONT SIZE=+1></FONT>
<P><FONT SIZE=+1>* Changing the windows manager did nothing.</FONT><FONT SIZE=+1></FONT>
<P><FONT SIZE=+1>* Various combinations of the above did nothing</FONT><FONT SIZE=+1></FONT>
<P><FONT SIZE=+1>* The vnc log suggests no obvious problems, apart from
an 'ignoring unknown encoding type 3' which the mail archive suggests is
unimportant. The log for a short session is as follows.</FONT><FONT SIZE=+1></FONT>
<P>04/08/98 17:16:04 Xvnc version 3.3.2r2
<BR>04/08/98 17:16:04 Copyright (C) 1997-8 Olivetti & Oracle Research
<BR>Laboratory
<BR>04/08/98 17:16:04 See <A HREF="http://www.orl.co.uk/vnc">http://www.orl.co.uk/vnc</A> for information about
VNC
<BR>04/08/98 17:16:04 Desktop name 'X' (cit3:2)
<BR>04/08/98 17:16:04 Protocol version supported 3.3
<BR>04/08/98 17:16:04 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5902
<BR>04/08/98 17:16:04 Listening for HTTP connections on TCP port 5802
<BR>04/08/98 17:16:04 URL <A HREF="http://cit3:5802">http://cit3:5802</A>
<P>04/08/98 17:16:35 Got connection from client 10.18.17.95
<BR>04/08/98 17:16:35 Protocol version 3.3
<BR>04/08/98 17:16:39 Pixel format for client 10.18.17.95:
<BR>04/08/98 17:16:39 16 bpp, depth 16, little endian
<BR>04/08/98 17:16:39 true colour: max r 63 g 31 b 31, shift
r 0 g 6 b 11
<BR>04/08/98 17:16:39 rfbSetTranslateFunction: client is 16-bit trueColour,
<BR>server has colour map
<BR>04/08/98 17:16:39 Using hextile
<BR>
<BR><FONT SIZE=+1></FONT> <FONT SIZE=+1></FONT>
<P><FONT SIZE=+1>* We are using hextile encoding. There are about
a million things in the VNC server startup script that could be changed
- anyone care to suggest an angle of attack?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=+1>--</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=+1> ,-._|\ Richard Forster</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=+1> / Oz \ Melbourne, Australia</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=+1> \_,--.x/ Phone</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=+1> v (011 61
3) 9213 6756</FONT>
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