black screen with Win98 ?

[James "Wez" Weatherall]

Sounds like a palette problem.  How many colours is the Windows box set to?

James "Wez" Weatherall
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----- Original Message -----
From: Randy Carpenter <rcarpen "at" celt.network1.net>
To: <vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: black screen with Win98 ?


>
> I do have some more info:  it seems as though Netscape *is* the culprit.
> I was runnign VNC froim a machine right next to the windows machine(which
> is the server)  Right when I started netscape, screen updates to the
> netscape window stopped, and the icon did not appear on the task bar.
> Almost as if VNC is not getting updates from anything having to do with
> netscape.  Mouse still works, but you can't really see anything.  If you
> restart the client, it is black because it is not gettign any info.
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> Randy Carpenter - UNIX Systems Manager        First Network Group
> rcarpen "at" celt.network1.net                          Wapakoneta, OH
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>
>
> On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, James "Wez" Weatherall wrote:
>
> > Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 16:25:16 +0100
> > From: James "Wez" Weatherall <jnw22 "at" cam.ac.uk>
> > Reply-To: vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com
> > To: vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com
> > Subject: Re: black screen with Win98 ?
> >
> > Have you tried running the server with DebugMode=6 and DebugLevel=5, to
> > obtain diagnostic information?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > James "Wez" Weatherall
> > --
> > - Queens' College MCR Entertainments Officer -
> > Laboratory for Communications Engineering, Cambridge - Tel : 766513
> > AT&T Labs Cambridge, UK                              - Tel : 343000
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Randy Carpenter <rcarpen "at" celt.network1.net>
> > To: <vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 4:09 PM
> > Subject: Re: black screen with Win98 ?
> >
> >
> > > > Is there any correlation between the freezes and your screen-saver?
> > >
> > > I have no screen saver :)
> > >
> > > > Does the server show any signs of not wanting to be restarted?
(Does
> > > > Windows moan that WinVNC.exe won't quit?)
> > >
> > > Nope.  It exits regularly, and restarts the same...  Seems to be
triggered
> > > by running netscape, although that could be coincidence.
> > >
> > > -Randy
> > >
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