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. -- --- David Woyciesjes