r5 no go with NT 3.51

[Todd Aiken]

> Date:          Tue, 10 Nov 1998 10:35:25 +0000 (GMT)
> From:          "James [Wez] Weatherall" <jnw "at" orl.co.uk>
> To:            Todd Aiken <taiken "at" ubishops.ca>
> Cc:            vnc-list "at" orl.co.uk
> Subject:       Re: r5 no go with NT 3.51

> On Mon, 9 Nov 1998, Todd Aiken wrote:
> 
> > 	Just tried upgrading from r2 to r5 on my Windows NT 3.51 machine, 
> > and now everytime I run the server, the properties dialog box comes 
> > up (like it did the first time I ran r2), but as soon as I click on 
> > OK to close it, the server shuts down.  Restarting it and the same 
> > thing happens.  I can run it as a service, but even mouse tracking 
> > is much too slow (I am running a viewer from Win95 over a local LAN 
> > 100 Mbit connection), and the screen fails to update properly.  Any 
> > thoughts?
> 
> The behaviour when running as an application, that the dialog appears and
> winvnc closes when the dialog is closed, has always been a feature.

Really?  With r2 on my machine, the first time I ran it, the 
properties dialog box came up, I configured the password, clicked OK 
and the box disappeared but I was still able to connect remotely.  
The next times I started it, the cursor would change to an 
hourglass and then back to normal, and it appeared as if nothing 
happened, but the machine was accepting connections.  Also, trying to 
double click the icon again resulted in a "Another instance of VNC is 
already running" message.  However, I could never close it without 
restarting the machine.

> As for your problems with service mode, what do you mean by 'fails to
> update properly'?  What options have you set in the preferences dialog?

Never changed any of the options except for the password.  It is 
fine when run as a process and everything updates fine 
screen wise.  But when I run it as a service I have to use 
"Poll Full Screen" which slows things down, or otherwise opening and 
closing Windows does not update the screen until I move the mouse 
over top of them, and then only a small square section is updated as 
the mouse pointer moves.  But no matter, I prefer for right now using 
the process anyways, since I can't send a CTRL-ALT-DEL to NT 3.51.  
However, I must admit that it is much faster when I connect at home 
to my XWindows machine-mouse/dot tracking is right on (over a 10 Mbit 
coax connection).  But I guess that is the difference between 
Windows and Linux versions of the server.  Still, even if it is not 
the fastest program on the planet, it sure is a great one!


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