AmiVNC (server)

[Ferry]

@motorollin

Well, I have used it a couple of times under OS4, and it worked OK, and that's over WAN, over the internet.

But the documentation says that the software should output what it is doing to let you know it is listening, but it doesn't output anything.

AmiVNC server should inform you about every step it does, something like this:

main : Listening set on port 5900
main : Waiting for client connection
main : accept()ed connection from xx.xx.xx.xx on socket 1
main : Negociating protocol version
main : Protocol supported by server : 3.3, by client : 3.3
main : Authentication
main : ClientInitialisation
main : SharedFlag = 1 (multiple clients : Yes)
main : Screen set to [TwinVNC - xx.homeip.net:5900 (My PC) - 1280x1024x8] (RTG)
main : prepared duplicate socket key 6549865165
main : sHandlerName='AmiVNC handler.0'
vProcessIncomes : got duplicate socket key 6549865165
vProcessIncomes runs on socket 0
main : RTG mode Pic96/5 @ 0x806ba6e0, 1280x1083, 2 pp, size 4325418
main : non-FastMode 32bit
vProcessIncomes : nEncodings=3/14


If AmiVNC stays on the "main : Waiting for client connection" stage it could be because, for some reason, the signal is not reaching its destination. Have you done the other way round? I mean, have you tried a client on the Amiga side and a server on the Mac side, just to check the connection?

Saluditos,

Ferrán.

[benJamin]

I used it to backup my A1200 when the keyboard failed.  Which TCP stack are you using?


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[avanham]

I have done it but I found it guru'd rather regularly.  Even when it wasn't guru-ing, it was really slow even on my a4000t / 060 using RTG.  In fact, I would say  it is unusable because it is so slow.  I remember having to do something with the TCP/IP stack I use (Genesis) to allow the VNC port (5900) to pass through.  I can't remember how I did it, but if you can find a log on your TCP/IP stack, you can see what the stack is doing when you try to connect.  If it does nothing then you have a problem but if it is being blocked by the stack, you will see a message in the log.

Anthony

[motorollin]

@Ferry
I don't even get "main : Listening set on port 5900". I literally get no output at all from the app.

@benJamin
I'm using Genesis

@avanham
I will check that, but I don't think it will turn anything up since the app doesn't even seem to be listening for connections.

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moto

[Piru]

I took a look at AmiVNC years ago when I wanted to have proper VNC server. The code is pretty crappy to be honest. I wrote my own server from scratch (and before you ask, it's bound to MorphOS due to technical reasons).

[jj]

@ moto or anyone else

Did u ever get this working, i keep getting log file open error no mater what I do.

[Dragster]

@Motorillin

I think you need to set the password first..

[jj]

got it running

[golem]

@JJ
How du do it? I'm trying to connect using RealVNC client on XP box to my 1200 running AmiVNC. I get through authentication but after a few seconds PC side bombs out with "rect too big" and Amiga says vProcessIncomes halted.
I'm using PLANAR on the 1200 (DblPAL No Flicker 64 colours).
Any help mucho gracias ;-)

[Dandy]

alexh wrote:

I always wanted to have the connection the other way around.

Control the PC using the Amiga keyboard and mouse.
...

I use Darren Eveland's registered version of "RDesktop (= remote desktop)" for that.

Works really grat.

But you need WinXP_pro on the PC for that.

For transferring files between PC and Amiga over the net I use smbfs.library...

alexh wrote:

That way you maintain 100% compatibility for games and demo's which hit the Amiga hardware.

The ultimate solution for someone with two monitors, or a dual input monitor is a network KM (no V).

Well, I wanted this solution because I did NOT want to have two monitors, two keyboards and two mice on my desktop...

alexh wrote:

I had hoped that some great coder could port x2vnc to OS3.x using ixemul.library and ixnet.library

Or that Douglas McLaughlin would open source his Synergy client for Amiga OS 4 so that we could get a back-port to OS3.x

Forget it!
All you need really is the registered version of Darren Eveland's "RDesktop" and WinXP_pro on the PC, and smbfs.library for transferring files between PC and Amiga across the network.

[Piru]

smbfs.library

What's that?

[alexh]

I think that is SAMBA FS but I dont think it's a library :-)

http://aminet.net/package/comm/tcp/smbfs

[alexh]

Dandy wrote:
Well, I wanted this solution because I did NOT want to have two monitors

Two monitors is fine if the computers are local (I use 3) it's the multiple keyboards and mice that you really want to eliminate. Most modern monitors have multiple inputs so you could get away with just one if you really wanted.

Dandy wrote:
Forget it! [X2VNC for Amiga] All you need really is the registered version of Darren Eveland's "RDesktop" and WinXP_pro on the PC

I don't think I will forget it. RDesktop doesnt seem to supports kb/mouse only. It's sending the gfx over the network which eats up all the network and CPU bandwidth. Totally unnecessary if the computers are all local.