Ah I see. Well that should work. It's obviously connecting since you get the dot.<br><br>I've had similar issues with TightVNC before. It sits for ages saying it is doing the initial screen draw, but never connects.
<br><br>I'd suggest trying RealVNC (<a href="http://realvnc.com">realvnc.com</a>).<br><br><b>VNC Free Edition for Linux (x86)<br><a href="http://www.realvnc.com/cgi-bin/download.cgi">http://www.realvnc.com/cgi-bin/download.cgi
</a><br><br></b>JC<b><br></b><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/22/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">David A. Woyciesjes</b> <<a href="mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu">david.woyciesjes@yale.edu</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> >Justin Cataldo wrote:<br>>> On 3/21/07, *David A. Woyciesjes* <<a href="mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu">
david.woyciesjes@yale.edu</a><br>>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu">david.woyciesjes@yale.edu</a>>> wrote:<br>>><br>>> Need some pointers here. I've got CentOS
4.4, and I want to<br>>> control my<br>>> OSX 10.4.9 box via VNC. It connects, and I get a little dot for the<br>>> mouse cursor, but just a black screen. I can see the mouse controlling<br>>> the OSX desktop...
<br>>> Here's the output when I start in a terminal:<br>>><br>>> [d@f ~]$ vncviewer<br>>> VNC server supports protocol version 3.889 (viewer 3.3)<br>>> VNC authentication succeeded
<br>>> Desktop name "xxxxxxxx"<br>>> Connected to VNC server, using protocol version 3.3<br>>> VNC server default format:<br>>> 32 bits per pixel.<br>>> Most significant byte first in each pixel.
<br>>> True colour: max red 255 green 255 blue 255, shift red 16 green 8<br>>> blue 0<br>>> Warning: Cannot convert string<br>>> "-*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" to type FontStruct
<br>>> Using default colormap which is TrueColor. Pixel format:<br>>> 16 bits per pixel.<br>>> Least significant byte first in each pixel.<br>>> True colour: max red 31 green 63 blue 31, shift red 11 green 5 blue 0
<br>>> Using shared memory PutImage<br>>> ShmCleanup called<br>>> [d@f ~]$ vncviewer --version<br>>> TightVNC viewer version 1.2.9<br>>><br>>><br> > Are you running Vine Server (/OSXvnc/)
<br> ><br><<a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?group_id=64523&filename=VineServer2.1.dmg">http://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?group_id=64523&filename=VineServer2.1.dmg</a>><br>
<br> > on your mac?<br> ><br> > <a href="http://www.redstonesoftware.com/products/vine/server/vineosx/index.html">http://www.redstonesoftware.com/products/vine/server/vineosx/index.html</a><br> > <a href="http://www.redstonesoftware.com/downloads/index.html">
http://www.redstonesoftware.com/downloads/index.html</a><br> ><br> > JC<br> ><br><br> No, I just enabled the built-in Apple Remote Desktop. As suggested here:<br><a href="http://www.macminicolo.net/Mac_VNC_tutor.html">
http://www.macminicolo.net/Mac_VNC_tutor.html</a><br><br>--<br>--- David Woyciesjes<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>CentOS mailing list<br><a href="mailto:CentOS@centos.org">CentOS@centos.org</a>
<br><a href="http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos">http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos</a><br></blockquote></div><br>