Xvnc/Inetd problem on Solaris 8

[James Weatherall]

Simon,

Have you tried upgrading the problem system to VNC 4.1.2?  You're currently
running an ancient VNC 3 series release.

Cheers,

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com 
> [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Simon Oexl
> Sent: 07 September 2006 13:24
> To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: Xvnc/Inetd problem on Solaris 8
> 
> I would like to configure my two Sun boxes running Solaris 8 
> so that I can
> connect with the VNCViewer and get a Solaris DTlogin.
> 
>  
> 
> I managed to do this on one workstation only with entries in 
> /etc/services
> and /etc/inetd.conf. The second one has the same Solaris 
> version and newest
> recommended patches.
> 
>  
> 
> But when connecting the viewer the session dies immediately. 
> I tried then to
> start Xvnc manually on both workstations to figure out the difference.
> 
>  
> 
> # more startvnc.sh
> 
> /usr/local/bin/Xvnc :62 -query localhost -fp tcp/localhost:7100 -once
> -geometry 1152x864 -depth 24
> 
>  
> 
> # ./startvnc.sh
> 
> 07/09/06 13:04:18 Xvnc version 3.3.3r2
> 
> 07/09/06 13:04:18 Copyright (C) AT&T Laboratories Cambridge.
> 
> 07/09/06 13:04:18 All Rights Reserved.
> 
> 07/09/06 13:04:18 See http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc for 
> information on
> VNC
> 
> 07/09/06 13:04:18 Desktop name 'x11' (ccard16:62)
> 
> 07/09/06 13:04:18 Protocol version supported 3.3
> 
> 07/09/06 13:04:18 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5962
> 
>  
> 
> On the good one above works arlight, e.g. can connect with 
> viewer. On the
> one with the problem the script dies after the last line 
> (07/09/06 13:04:18
> Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5962
> 
> ) and jumps back to the prompt #.
> 
>  
> 
> I would welcome an idea how to debug this. 
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks for your help in advnce.
> 
>  
> 
> Simon
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