VNC Solaris 8 to Windows 2000

[Ross Presser]

Please see the FAQ at http://www.gotomyvnc.com or search the archives of
this or other VNC lists.  The short answer is that vnc on unix machines does
not behave the same as Windows machines.  It does not publish the same
display that you see when standing at the machine; instead it creates a new
desktop, by creating a new virtual X server, and new programs can connect to
it.  The screen you saw was blank because no programs were connected to it.
If the next thing you do is to start an xterm or a CDE session that connects
to "mickey:1" then you'd see it show up on your vnc desktop.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Liu, Terence [mailto:Terence.Liu@marconi.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 3:44 pm
> To: 'vnc-list@realvnc.com'
> Subject: VNC Solaris 8 to Windows 2000
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Sorry for asking a dump question here.
> I downloaded the vnc-3.3.7-sparc_solaris_2.5.tar.gz and 
> installed it on my
> Solaris 8 and
>  vnc-3.3.7-x86_win32.exe on my Windows 2000.
> I launched the vncserver on my Solaris and vncviewer on my 
> Windows 2000.
> After I typed in VNC authentication session password, the VNC 
> windows was
> popped up with
> title "tliu's UNIX desktop (mickey:1).  However, it is blank 
> and all I can
> see is the cursor.
> There are three errors on my log file:
> _XSERVTransSocketCreateListener: failed to bind listener
> _XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
> _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to create 
> listener for local
> 
> Can anyone tell me what do I miss?  Very thanks!
> 
> Terence
> 
> /us/tliu/.vnc/xstartup
> -------------------------------------
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> [ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
> xsetroot -solid grey
> xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
> twm &
> 
> /us/tliu/.vnc/mickey:1.log
> -------------------------------------
> _XSERVTransSocketCreateListener: failed to bind listener
> _XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
> _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to create 
> listener for local
> 11/04/03 14:49:03 Xvnc version 3.3.7 - built Feb 28 2003 18:43:51
> 11/04/03 14:49:03 Copyright (C) 2002-2003 RealVNC Ltd.
> 11/04/03 14:49:03 Copyright (C) 1994-2000 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge.
> 11/04/03 14:49:03 All Rights Reserved.
> 11/04/03 14:49:03 See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC
> 11/04/03 14:49:03 Desktop name 'UNIX' (mickey:1)
> 11/04/03 14:49:03 Protocol version supported 3.3
> 11/04/03 14:49:03 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5901
> 11/04/03 14:49:03 Listening for HTTP connections on TCP port 5801
> 11/04/03 14:49:03   URL http://mickey:5801
> 
> 11/04/03 14:49:22 Got connection from client 169.144.80.179
> 11/04/03 14:49:22 Protocol version 3.3
> 11/04/03 14:49:25 Pixel format for client 169.144.80.179:
> 11/04/03 14:49:25   8 bpp, depth 8
> 11/04/03 14:49:25   true colour: max r 7 g 7 b 3, shift r 0 g 3 b 6
> 11/04/03 14:49:25 Using ZRLE encoding for client 169.144.80.179
> 
> 
> /us/tliu/bin/vncserver
> ---------------------------------
> $desktopName = "UNIX";
> $vncClasses = ((-d "/us/tliu/vnc/classes") && "/us/tliu/vnc/classes");
> 
> I only modified two lines, the rest are same.
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