vnc viewer disappears

[James Weatherall]

Dirk,

The log output you sent was from the server - you can run the viewer with
logging enabled and that may provide more useful information as to why it
isn't successfully connecting.

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com 
> [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of dh
> Sent: 08 September 2004 17:45
> To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: vnc viewer disappears
> 
> 
> Hello,
>  
> I have the following problem and would be happy if someone 
> could tell me what I'm doing wrong.
>  
> I have a Linux machine on which I run vncserver.
> I'd like to connect to that machine from my Windows 2000 
> machine by using the viewer (vnc-4.0-x86_win32_viewer.exe).
>  
> When I start the viewer I specify as server [ip address linux 
> machine]:1
>  
> When I do that the "VNC Viewer : Connection Details" window 
> just disappears. In the task manager I can see the process 
> vnc-4.0-x86_win, but the CPU time is 00:00, and no window is 
> shown. The logfile on the linux machine shows the following
>  
> 09/09/2004 18:31:12 See http://xf4vnc.sf.net for 
> xf4vnc-specific information
> 09/09/2004 18:31:12 Desktop name 'X' (linux:1)
> 09/09/2004 18:31:12 Protocol versions supported: 3.130, 3.3
> 09/09/2004 18:31:12 RGB format 8 8 8
> 09/09/2004 18:31:12 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5901
> 09/09/2004 18:31:12 Listening for HTTP connections on TCP port 5801
> 09/09/2004 18:31:12   URL http://[linux machine]:5801
> Could not init font path element 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local, removing from list!
> Could not init font path element 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled, removing from list!
> Could not init font path element 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID, removing from list!
> 09/09/2004 18:33:09
> 09/09/2004 18:33:09 Got connection from client [ip address client]
> 09/09/2004 18:33:09 Protocol version 3.8
> 09/09/2004 18:33:09 Ignoring minor version mismatch
>  
> I am aware of the line "... version mismatch ...", but can 
> that be the reason for the behaviour.
>  
> When I try to get the vnc connection via the web browser 
> through the URL http://[linux machine]:5801, it works fine.
>  
> If anybody has an idea what's wrong, please let me know.
>  
>  
> Regards
>  
> Dirk
> 
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