Frozen Screen from Previous Session

[Robert Walkama]

Robert,

I fixed the problem. You are right about how VNC works.

My problem was that I rebooted that the actual server desktop looked nothing
like what  vncviewer was returning to me, for I had since done work directly
on the machine. When I would go home to view the server machine from home, I
would get screen I saw the day before--as though nothing had happened.

What I ended up having to do was reboot the server machine. When I
reinitiated an outgoing connection, I was golden.

Thank you for writing.

Bob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert A. Book" <rbook@pobox.com>
To: <vnc-list@realvnc.com>
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: Frozen Screen from Previous Session


> Bob,
>
> Sorry for the late response.
>
> Forgive me if I am misunderstanding the question, but I thought this
> was how VNC was supposed to work.  When the viewer disconnects, the
> server session remains active -- the display is retained, programs
> keep running etc.
>
> I use this all the time... from the office, I connect to my home PC
> (the VNC server) and do some work, then shut down my office computer
> and go home.  When I get home I start VNC viewer (server and viewer
> are now on the same machine) and the VNC session is right where I left
> it, so I can resume work right where I left off.  The next day, I go
> back to my office, and find the session the same as I left it when I
> left home.
>
> Not only is this a case of "not a bug but a feature," but this feature
> is one of the motivations behind VNC.  Indeed, the very first feature
> listed on the old VNC home page (http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/)
> is:
>
>     "No state is stored at the viewer. This means you can leave your
>      desk, go to another machine, whether next door or several hundred
>      miles away, reconnect to your desktop from there and finish the
>      sentence you were typing. Even the cursor will be in the same
>      place."
>
> --Robert
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Yesterday I initiated an outgoing connection from Windows 2000 to a
listening
> > viewer on Windows XP. Everything worked fine for several hours.
> >
> > I'm not sure how it happened, but on the viewer end the display froze
and I
> > had to close the connection.
> >
> > Now, whenever I reinitiate an outgoing connection to this listening
viewer,
> > vncviewer gives me back the same screen I saw the day before. This is
after I
> > have rebooted the machine that is in listening mode.
> >
> > Anyone ever seen this before?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Bob
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