Automatic wakeup/WOL and SelectObject to CompatibleDC failed

[James Weatherall]

Hi there,

VNC Enterprise & Personal Editions 4.2 will include the fix for this issue.
I'm afraid I don't have a timeframe for the fix making into Free Edition at
present.

Regards,

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com 
> [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Starfire E10K
> Sent: 19 April 2006 16:24
> To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: Automatic wakeup/WOL and SelectObject to CompatibleDC failed
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I believe I am suffering from the same issue as this person:-
> 
> http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2005-September/052246.html
> 
> My system automatically wakes itself to perform TV recordings 
> and I also 
> wake it via WOL packets, I do not use RDP or fast user switching.
> 
> I know when the system wakes itself for a recording I get no 
> output on my 
> monitor until a key is pressed and if I try to connect I get 
> the VNC error 
> mentioned, so suspect the graphics cards hasn't woken in some 
> way and this 
> is causing the VNC issue (there are no options in my BIOS to 
> re-POSt after a 
> resume from S3 STR).
> 
> It has been mentioned that VNC could be changed such that 
> when it see's the 
> incoming event it could trigger a windows event of some kind 
> (eg. issuing a 
> keyboard command) to wake the graphics and therefore get 
> around this problem 
> - has any work been done/is planned on this issue?
> 
> Thanks,
> Simon.
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