G4s and VNC (was AW: VNC with MacOS 9)

[Jonathan Morton]

>Fixed version? Do you mean beta3? Beta3 works better - sometimes the G4 is
>frozen or the client is disconnecting without visible reason or message.

No - not beta-3.  More like beta-2.1, it's one i've worked on separate from
the main VNC effort.


>> -----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von:	Jonathan Morton [SMTP:chromi "at" cyberspace.org]
>> Gesendet am:	Mittwoch, 5. Januar 2000 15:03
>> An:	vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com
>> Betreff:	Re: G4s and NVC  (was AW: VNC with MacOS 9)
>>
>> >Yes, the mouse is still moving. The Mac G4 with VNCserver reacts on mous=
e
>> >clicking and moving by VNCviewer - that means - the menus go down or the
>> >active windows changes but nothing like that happens on the VNCviewer.
>> >
>> >There are some other notes: While starting the Mac G4 with OS 9 the icon
>> of
>> >VNC-Controlpanel has a red cross and when starting the VNCserver - a
>> popup
>> >appears which says that the VNCpatch is to old.
>>
>> Whpposie.  i managed to misread your previous post!  There is a known
>> problem with the G4 when running beta-2, whichh is shown by the cross
>> through the VNC icon on boot time (i misread as G3/350).  This also
>> happens
>> (theoretically) with G4-upgraded powermacs.  I have a fixed version
>> available, if someone will PLEASE let me post it :).
>>
>> Do you know, i'm extremely surprised it works at all.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >> -----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht-----
>> >> Von:	Jonathan Morton [SMTP:chromi "at" cyberspace.org]
>> >> Gesendet am:	Dienstag, 4. Januar 2000 18:39
>> >> An:	vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com
>> >> Betreff:	Re: VNC with MacOS 9
>> >>
>> >> >Hello,
>> >> >
>> >> >i have installed the Beta2-version of VNC on Macintosh G4/350 with
>> MacOS
>> >> 9.
>> >> >There are some problems with the settings of the MacVNC-Server but
>> more
>> >> >heavier is following: When i connect the Mac-VNC-Server from a
>> VNC-Viewer
>> >> >(e.c. WinVnc on NT 4.0) i can see the desktop from the Mac but
>> clicking (
>> >> in
>> >> >WinVNC) on any menu from e.c. the Finder, the menu appears (pull down=
)
>> on
>> >> >Mac-Desktop but not in the WinVNC-Window.
>> >> >
>> >> >What to do?
>> >>
>> >> Yikes.  Looks like there are quite a few changes in OS9, but this is
>> the
>> >> first i've heard of problems with VNC.  I don't run OS9 myself, so I
>> can't
>> >> suggest very much - except to say that beta-2 runs OK under OS 8.6 (on
>> my
>> >> powerbook 5300 at least).  I've also been working on a couple of
>> bugfixes
>> >> for beta-2, but which shouodn't affect menus very much - these fixes
>> >> haven't been released yet, but may be soon while beta-3 is still in th=
e
>> >> background.
>> >>
>> >> Can I ask: does the mouse carry on moving while the menus are down?  I=
f
>> >> so,
>> >> then a patch to make it work should be easy.  If not, then Apple did
>> >> something screwy to the menus in OS9 which will be a Pain.  Personally
>> I
>> >> don't run any new OS until it's been proven and some of the bugs found
>> >> (and
>> >> usually fixed).  I only wish more users, particularly windows users,
>> would
>> >> do the same, and then we'd have a lot less buggy software :).
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> PS:
>> >> Can someone PLEASE do something about the Realtime BlackList mails I
>> get
>> >> every time I post to this list?
>> >>
>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------
>> >> from:     Jonathan "Chromatix" Morton
>> >> mail:     chromi "at" cyberspace.org  (not for attachments)
>> >> uni-mail: j.d.morton "at" lancaster.ac.uk
>> >>
>> >> The key to knowledge is not to rely on people to teach you it.
>> >>
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from:     Jonathan "Chromatix" Morton
mail:     chromi "at" cyberspace.org  (not for attachments)
uni-mail: j.d.morton "at" lancaster.ac.uk

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