SelectObject to CompatibleDC failed / Black viewer window

[James Weatherall]

JP,

Where does the error get logged - in the Windows 2003 Server's event log, or
as a message box at the client, or both?

Which platform is the viewer running on?

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.


> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of jan "at" rusch.homeip.net
> Sent: 06 August 2004 11:09
> To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: SelectObject to CompatibleDC failed / Black viewer window
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm getting the following message when I'm trying to connect 
> to an Windows
> 2003 Server running VNC Server 4.0 when noone is logged in:
> 
> "SelectObject to CompatibleDC failed: The operation completed 
> successfully (0)"
> 
> I'm using VNC Viewer 4.0 Encoding: AutoSelect  Color: Low
> 
> Setting the color to Medium or Full results in a VNC Viewer 
> window of size 0,0 (Just the title is displayed). When 
> resized the screen is black.
> 
> The connection is tunneled via SSH. VNC Server is only 
> listening to local connections on port 5900
> 
> Running the viewer with somebody logged in on the server is 
> working fine. 
> Viewer connects without problems.
> 
> Same result on 3 different systems.
> 
> Any suggestions or ideas ?
> 
> JP