x2vnc and screensaver

[Malcolm Caldwell]

On Mon, Nov 16, 1998 at 03:32:21PM +0000, James [Wez] Weatherall wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Malcolm Caldwell wrote:
> 
> > When I first started using it I noticed that mouse activity was not being
> > noticed by the inactivity part of the screensaver (on the PC) and that the NT
> > screen saver was activating when I was using the mouse but not the keyboard
> > (while I was browsing web pages mostly).  I wrote the list reporting this at
> > the time.
> > 
> > Now I have upgraded the winvnc to 3.3.2 R5.  Now the behaviour is reversed.
> > While I am using the keyboard and not the the mouse the screensaver kicks in -
> > requiring me to use the mouse to stop it.  (This happens while I am using a
> > terminal emulator.)
> 
> I've never noticed either effect.  What service pack do you have
> installed? 

SP3

> Is it properly installed? 

Which "it"?  I guess the SP is properly installed.  I am fairly sure that vnc
is properly installed (as a service)

> Which terminal emulator are you
> running?

eXcursion - which has many other vnc problems besides (if I press a key on my
workstation keyboard that is non standard strange things happen.  Pressing the
"diamond" key on my sun type 5 keyboard causes any x window (running under
excursion on the pc) to segmentation fault and vanish.  Also, the cursor keys
don't work and produce numbers (both the keypad and non keypad ones), the
numlock acts as a backspace key etc.  All these are probably eXcursion
problems, but only when interacting with vnc)

The original problem (screensaver cutting in) is not an eXcursion problem - I
have confirmed this by setting the screen saver time to 1 minute and then
scrolling around using the keys in netscape.  Useing the mouse stops the
screensaver.  I did the same test with the last version and it was the keyboard
that was noticed and the mouse that wasn't.

> Cheers,
> 
> James "Wez" Weatherall

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