connection problem

[James "Wez" Weatherall]

> I'm a newbie with vnc.  I'm using the win32 server on NT4 SP4 and the
windows
> viewer on both win95 and 98.
>
> My problem is that whenever i try to connect to my server i get the
message
> 'Connection closed'.  This is after entering my password.
>
> I have search the mailing list archive so i know that has been asked
before,
> but i couldn't find an answer.
>
> if it helps, this is the log file produced by the viewer:
>
> Started and Winsock (v 257) initialised
> bufsize expanded to 4352
> Registered connection with app
> --------------- now it asks for VNC server
> Connected to MyHostNameHere port 5900
>   reading 12 bytes
> RFB server supports protocol version 3.3
>   writing 12 bytes
> Connected to RFB server, using protocol version 3.3
>   reading 4 bytes
>   reading 16 bytes
> --------------- now it asks for the password
>   writing 16 bytes
>   reading 4 bytes
> VNC authentication succeeded
> Clipboard changed
> Don't send initial clipboard!
>   writing 1 bytes
>   reading 24 bytes
> --------------- now i get the message 'connection closed'
> Deregistered connection from app
> Exiting
> VNC viewer closing down
>
>
> I have tried this from 2 machines, so it's probably not the viewer.  I've
also
> tried setting up win98 server and that works fine.
>
> All connections are over the internet - not a LAN.  I'm really hoping
someone
> can help me here as the server is about 150 miles away - as allways it
worked
> fine when i was stading over it.
>
> The only thing i can think of is that the screen saver on the server might
be
> causing a problem, but it doesn't change resolution and the server is not
> running as a service.

Run the program as a service.  This should fix the problem.

Cheers,

James "Wez" Weatherall
--
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