Disconnects with 4.1

[James Weatherall]

Dennis,

This suggests that the Access Control entries in the VNC Server Properties
->Connections tab is empty.  This would certainly cause the disconnect
behaviour you're seeing.

Regards,

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com 
> [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
> Sent: 06 December 2005 13:28
> To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: Disconnects with 4.1
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> This is my first post. I searched the archives and have found similar
> questions, but no solutions yet. I apologize for dumping this 
> strange combo
> problem in a first post.
> 
> I have five computers on a mixed wired/wireless LAN, and have 
> used WinVNC
> 3.3.3 with four of them for several years. All are Win98SE, 
> and it's been
> very stable with them. I recently added a WinXP Pro laptop, 
> and decided to
> install WinVNC, and downloaded 4.1.
> 
> I was planning on replacing all the 3.3 VNC installations 
> with 4.1 until
> the behavior below happened. There's a little chart below.
> * All 3.3 servers can connect to all 3.3 clients and vice-versa.
> * No 3.3 client can 'see' the 4.1 servers (failed).
> * The 4.1 clients can connect to one of the 3.3 servers.
> * The 4.1 clients are connection-refused at the other servers.
> * The 4.1 client-server pairs connect and then immediately disconnect
> before asking for the password, which was a behavior reported in a few
> other posts.
> 
> Additional points:
> * Machine #4 has both 3.3 and 4.1 in order to test, so I turn 
> them on and
> off as services and reboot.
> * The connect and immediate disconnect behavior also occurs when the
> computer is asked to connect to its own server.
> * Zone Alarm has been uninstalled for testing.
> 
> 		98-1	98-2	98-3	98-4(V3)	
> 98-4(V4)	XP-5
> 98-1	VNC3	-	OK	OK	OK	X	X
> 98-2	VNC3	OK	-	OK	OK	X	X
> 98-3	VNC3	OK	OK	-	OK	X	X
> 98-4	VNC3	OK	OK	OK	-	X	X
> 98-4	VNC4	OK	X	X	-	Dis	Dis
> XP-5	VNC4	OK	X	X	X	Dis	Dis
> 
> According to one post from a VNC person (sorry I can't recall 
> the name), I
> would need (1) the Event Viewer from the XP machine and (2) a Telnet
> connection to see what is reported.
> 
> The Event viewer on the XP machine says:
> Date: 12/5/2005	Source: WinVNC4
> Time: 10:04:06 PM	Category: None
> Type: Error	Event ID: 1
> User: N/A
> Computer: Valentino
> Description:
> SocketManager: unknown listener event: 0
> (Note that the results are the same when I use the local IP 
> address or the
> computer name).
> 
> The Telnet connection on the 98SE machine to port 5900 
> activates, shows
> itself connected for a fraction of a second, and then is disconnected.
> 
> Any hints?
> 
> Again, apologies for all this at once, but I'm loathe to 
> wreck the working
> 3.3 quartet just yet!
> 
> Thanks,
> Dennis
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