[CentOS] TightVNC controlling a Mac OSX 10.4.9.

Fri Mar 23 18:50:18 UTC 2007
David A. Woyciesjes <david.woyciesjes at yale.edu>

David A. Woyciesjes wrote:
> David A. Woyciesjes wrote:
>> William Hooper wrote:
>>> John Summerfield wrote:
>>>> Justin Cataldo wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Ah I see.  Well that should work.  It's obviously connecting since you
>>>>> get the dot.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've had similar issues with TightVNC before.  It sits for ages saying
>>>>> it is doing the initial screen draw, but never connects.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd suggest trying RealVNC (realvnc.com).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *VNC Free Edition for Linux (x86)
>>>>> http://www.realvnc.com/cgi-bin/download.cgi
>>>>>
>>>> The version RH ships does not work -
>>>> [summer at bilby ~]$ vncviewer emu
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> VNC viewer for X version 4.0 - built Mar 31 2005 17:48:27
>>>> Copyright (C) 2002-2004 RealVNC Ltd.
>>>> See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Fri Mar 23 21:09:18 2007
>>>> CConn:       connected to host emu port 5900
>>>> CConnection: Server supports RFB protocol version 3.889
>>>
>>> Apple pulled a number out of the air for the protocol version.  With
>>> RealVNC 4, it is close enough to the real number that the viewer 
>>> picks the
>>> wrong encoding.  I also believe there are other incompatibilities, 
>>> but you
>>> will have to look at the RealVNC list for more details.
>>>
>>> I believe people have had some success with the Windows version of
>>> VNCViewer 4.1.2, which has an option to force it to use the older 3.3
>>> protocol.  I don't know if 4.0 for Linux implemented this option.
>>>
>>
>>     I have RealVNC viewer vP4.2.8, and get the unknown error 255, even 
>> though I chose the Use Protocol 3.3 option.
>>     Looking more like I need to use Vine, or some other vncserver on 
>> the OSX side...
>>
> 
>     Well, I installed Vine on the Mac, opened the VNC port, and was able 
> to connect with TightVNC here on Linux. :) Next, I'm gonna try using 
> RealVNC...
>     One neat thing about Vine on OSX, is it could allow more than one 
> person to be logged into the Mac at the same time...
> 

	RealVNC connects with Vine just fine. :) Which is nice, I like the 
added features in RealVNC.

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--- David Woyciesjes