Irix6 binaries for VNC 3.3.2r2 online

[Hans Holmberg]

On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, M. Michael wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wolfram Gloger <wmglo "at" dent.med.uni-muenchen.de>
> >I got _lots_ of requests to supply a binary distribution for Irix, so
> >I've just made:
> >
> >  ftp://ftp.dent.med.uni-muenchen.de/pub/wmglo/vnc-3.3.2r2.Irix6.tar.gz
> 
> 
> Thanks ALOT!!! That helped alot. Now I can actually try it out. It seems to
> work ok when I run the server on the IRIX6.4 and client on my NT workstation
> at home via cable modem. It is rather slow. XServer still works faster for
> me over here...
> 
> Now a question:
> 
> I can't seem to make it work the other way around. Running the WinVNC server
> on my machine at home and the client on the X terminal. I get timed out
> connection each time I try it. The exact error is:
> 
> ConnectToTcpAddr: connect: Connection timed out
> unable to connect to VNC server
> 
> I give the right IP number and a :0 display. Also tried with :1 and :2.
> Nothing...
> Any ideas?
> 
> Michael

Could it be that your machine at home resides behind a firewall?!

I would suggest that you check that, and also read about how to get vnc to
work through a firewall on the vnc contrib pages (if you are lucky).

/hasse

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