vnc server on nt dies

[James [Wez] Weatherall]

On Fri, 6 Nov 1998, Daryl Williams wrote:

> i am running WinVnc 3.3.2r5 on an NT 4.0 system with service pack 3.

First thing to check : re-install Service Pack 3 to ensure it's correctly
installed - if you add ANY system component after installing then you have
to re-install the Service Pack and sometimes even software installs
require this.

> i am (btw) *very* impressed with this software in general. however i am
> having a continuing problem in that the application server on the NT
> system dies after some (undetermined) period of time. i am connecting
> to the vnc server using a netscape browser no a solaris system. when the
> 
> app dies i get the following error message on my browser:
> 
> java.io.IOException: Unknown RFB message type -1
> 
> the application on the NT server no longer appears to be running,
> although
> on some systems it may still be found with taskmanager and must be
> killed
> before i am able to restart it. i am not running it as a service, yet.

Hmmmm.  Two situations I haven't extensively tested recently - viewing
through Java and running WinVNC as an application.  I suspect the problem
is in the screen-saver disabling code, since that has caused problems in
the past.  Is there any correllation between WinVNC locking up and the
screen-saver coming on on the NT box?

Cheers,

James "Wez" Weatherall
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