Why does VNC server on unix just die?

[Kelly F. Hickel]

Just a followup, I set my screen saver to just blank the screen and the
server has been up for 10 days!  So far so good.....

-- 
Kelly F. Hickel
Senior Software Architect
MQSoftware, Inc
952.345.8677
kfh "at" mqsoftware.com
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kelly F. Hickel
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 9:39 PM
> To: William Hooper; vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: RE: Why does VNC server on unix just die?
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: William Hooper [mailto:whooper "at" freeshell.org]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 11:08 AM
> > To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> > Subject: Re: Why does VNC server on unix just die?
> >
> > Corni Beerse said:
> > >> Anybody else seen it?  Any clues?
> >
> > I've had VNC sessions last into the months.  I generally use
blackbox
> for
> > my WM, what are you using?
> [Kelly F. Hickel] Gnome, usually
> >
> > > Investigatons include settings of used stuff that can make this
> happen:
> > > - autologout from the window manager or display manager (gnome,
kde,
> cde
> > > etc)
> > > - bad connections: If a vnc-session detects a missing connection,
> the
> > > viewer
> > > fails. If it does not detect a missing connection (there is no
> keyboard
> > or
> > > mouse
> > > action) then the network can be disconnected an connected after
> which
> > the
> > > session continues...
> > > - automatic clearing of X11 sockets (I've seen this on Solaris)
> >
> > I would also add check for screensavers to that list.  A number of
> weird X
> > issues that happen when people are away are caused by problematic
> > screensavers.  Of course since VNC is a "virtual" display, there is
no
> > need to have a screensaver anyway.
> [Kelly F. Hickel] That's a good thought, I'll try setting the
> screensaver to something boring, it usually is on automatic rotation,
so
> it could be a buggy screen saver....
> 
> -Kelly
> >
> > --
> > William Hooper
> > _______________________________________________
> > VNC-List mailing list
> > VNC-List "at" realvnc.com
> > To remove yourself from the list visit:
> > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
> _______________________________________________
> VNC-List mailing list
> VNC-List "at" realvnc.com
> To remove yourself from the list visit:
> http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list