vnc viewer disappears

[Tristan Richardson]

dh wrote:
> I have a Linux machine on which I run vncserver.
 > ...
> 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 18:33:09 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.

Yes.  There is no RFB protocol version 3.130 - it has been invented by 
someone without any communication with the maintainers of VNC and the 
RFB protocol.

You should stick to using proper VNC on both ends instead of some hacked 
version which is incompatible.

Cheers

Tristan