Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

I know I'm misusing it but u guys can't imagine how much fun I'm having with it. I have installed UltraVNC Server in two laptops and my frens are using them. I'm sitting with my n900 with VNCViewer installed and making them go crazy... :D However, if I could setup my router to use it remotely then I could make some good use of it but just locally? this is what I've ended up doing :).
This is so far I've done:
*Port Forwarding (but checking with those checkers none of them show success. I even tried port 80 but still they produce the same error message(Port not opened or unreacheable). So, I'm completely confused.)
*Made IP of the laptop running VNCServer static. (Do I need to have a static IP for my router too to be able to remotely find my server? If yes, do I need to do paid subscription to someone that provides domain name?)
*When I tried to check the port forwarding, as an external link they printed IP no. completely different than the IPs I use. Is this what I need to enter in viewer to connect to the server from different network? and if this is not static does this keeps changing frequently or possesses same until router is rebooted?
*BTW, I have only forwarded port 5900 to try coz I haven't thought of using browser yet.
I'd really appreciate if anyone could lighten my dull head a bit. I seriously need it Thanks..

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

I am using Ubuntu Remote Desktop Karmic.

An error by VNC.

When I write from VNC on the N900 the first letter of each word is always capitalized.

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

what should i write into vnc server column?
I'm writing my PC's ip address but it says "it couldn't connect"

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

I'm having the same bug.

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

tested with home or premium ed and works great.
1 make sure you are client mode.
2. click test on config dialog to make sure you have ip correct I found that with router and cable I need to use that ip that shoes within dialog box from VNC it will show you status then an address-click test button ( after setting up the pc prt forward in router) it will dispaly if your pc can be accessed from web and other ip if it differs.
3. also check permission- preferred. some reason it hates it being set to always.
4. if using cable ip do not enter colon with 5800 just numerical ip

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

I'm running ubuntu 9.10 in a home network. So I tried to connect my n900 to the linux machine (by using "remote desktop"). The machine i'm trying to connect to's ip is 192.168.1.9,while the phone is at 192.168.1.5 at the moment(it may vary since I haven't put a manual ip on it and the dhcp server decides what address to give it). So I downloaded the vnc viewer on my n900,entered the machine ip and connected... BUT as soon as it connects the background image freezes (tho I see the mouse movement on my n900) and no matter what I do it won't 'unfreeze'. Like on my n900 screen atm I see the clock on my pc showing 15:09 while on my PC it has moved 6 minutes ahead and its 15:15. Tried enabling "allow users to control your desktop" but again,i can control the mouse through my n900,it sends the commands excellently to the pc,but no matter what I click, nothing happends on the n900,while at the pc everything moves exactly as i click it on the phone.

Also tried the "krfb" program - same thing happends.I've turned off the router firewall,the linux firewall and even made a virtual DMZ server to the linux station(redirects all inbound packets to specified IP),but with no effect. Is there a firewall on the n900 that needs to be turned off or something else ? :S

Tried connecting to the linux station through a windows pc and it worked flawlessly so I guess the problem is somewhere in the N900 :/

Any ideas how to fix this will be appreciated :)

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

Using Win Vista with TightVNC, I cannot move mouse to the very top or very bottom of the screen (left and right sides seem to be reachable). There's an area with the height of few pixels that in unreachable.

For example if I'm using vncviewer with windows and have taskbar auto-hide enabled, it's impossible for me to move the mouse to the bottom of the screen to get the taskbar to pop up.

Is this a known/common bug or am I the only one with this problem?

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

I am seeing this as well, with the Linux Mint equivalent of 9.10. Starting up a vncserver session on a different display works fine, however. Also, Ultr@VNC on Windows works fine, so I think it's a combination of the vnc client on the N900 and the server built into the "Remote Desktop" in versions of 'buntu and clones. Haven't investiaged further, but who knows, at some point I might have some free time :)

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

I just installed TightVNC server on my windows xp pc. I can connect to my pc through the local network (192.168.1.2) but when I try to connect to my normal IP (213.93.229.xxx or 213.93.229.xxx:5900) it says connecting and then I get the error Could not connect to server.
I forwarded port 5900 on my router to my local IP...

Anyone knows what might be the problem here?

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

Probably firewall port forwarding problems. Check your router settings again.

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

Checked it again and I went to http://www.realvnc.com/cgi-bin/nettest.cgi
It gave me these results:
The IP address requesting this web page is 213.93.229.xxx (REMOTE_ADDR)
Connecting to port 5900 ... succeeded.
Waiting for server to send version string...
Found a server supporting protocol version 3.8.

So my port is open but it still cant connect...

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

Are you trying to connect from your home network? A lot of routers won't allow this. It should work over 3G though (unless your service provider is blocking ports).

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

didnt have time tp read the entire thread but if anyone is still looking for telnet just do this in xterm....

sudo gainroot
apt-get install telnet

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

thanx works perfect now :D

what a great program!!

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

I just made the connection work, then I blew it! I wanted fullscreen viewing, so I removed the scroll bars and the toolbar. Seemed there was no way to get the toolbar back! Now I am stuck in the fullscreen without any possibility to use key combinations or scroll the screen. I even uninstalled VNC Viewer, then reinstalled it, but it seems the settings somehow has been saved. Anyone?

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

The VNC viewer config can be accessed via gconftool-2. You can view the current settings by running:
To disable full-screen mode again, run:

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

I really apprieciate your help, but in X Terminal I only get the message "Value type is only relevant when setting a value". I'm not sure if the command should be in one or two lines, either way it doesn't change my config file, and the VNC Viewer is still running fullscreen next time I open it.

EDIT: Sorry, my bad! I didn't get that there was no space between "--" and "set". Now it's back running, cheers!

BTW: Shouldn't there be an easier way to exit fullscreen mode? It's really helpful to use the whole screen when you only have 800*480. :)

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

That should all be one line, and I copy & pasted it from my command-line when I ran it to test, so I know it should work. The fullscreen shown on the second line is part of the path on the previous line, so there shouldn't be a space before it.

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

I think the viewer is a pretty straight port of the OS2008 version, and the previous tablets had hardware fullscreen toggle buttons. The obvious solution for the N900 would be to add in the same fullscreen button used by the browser, but that could easily get in the way in VNC viewer.

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

Actually, I accidently found that it's possible to enable/disable fullscreen by using the volume button. Case closed :D

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

Well I installed vnc viewer in my N900 pretty easily. BUT. I connect to my ubuntu desktop and everything seems ok. But when I try to make a right click for example I can see the context menu in the desktop but not in the phone. When I try to change a song in rhythmbox (the media player of ubuntu) I can't. The screen on n900 doesn't refresh!!! Is this a known problem? It seems a general redraw problem!!!

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

Anyone with the same problem or a solution?

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

Well the problem was not the vncviewer client of N900 but the default server of ubuntu vino. I stopped the daemon of vino installed x11vnc and everything works ok!!!

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

I still have the problem that each character will be entered two times.

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

I'm using vino on Ubuntu and fixed the redraw problem by disabling compiz during vnc.
So this is an alternative for those who are too lazy to install x11vnc.

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

Not sure what the problem is tuxian seems you haven't had an answer for a while, some more information about your setup might help, so that I can recreate it.


What I personally use is vnc4server on ubuntu.
I have a script that does the following

through ssh, on the remote machine
this creates a display :1 meaning the local monitor doesn't have to support that resolution, I do not have to change my resolution on the actual computer, and somebody could actually use the local machine while I do too. all while I get fullscreen ubuntu on my N900.

The script then connects to it on the n900 with
which should show a terminal in which you type

it may ask you about names but just click keep old names.

Then I use it as normal in fullscreen mode with no scrollbars or titlebar in vncviewer.

One problem with vncviewer is that when I multitask on the actual N900 with ctrl+backspace. when I return to vncviewer the ctrl key is locked. I have to press ctrl to stop it again. I'm using the latest vncviewer in testing not devel. can anybody confirm if this has been fixed in the latest devel release? still it's only a minor inconvinience in comparison to trying to get keyboard focus using xnest or xephyr.

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

I use gentoo and x11-misc/x11vnc-0.9.6.

When using a desktop vncviewer I don't have this problem.

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

you could try something like

or increase the delay rate perhaps.

can I ask what the differences between the desktop vncviewer are, most importantly what the connection to the remote computer is with the two (Wifi, wired, 3G)

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

Thank you.

I tried but it didn't help.
There is also no difference if I use 3G or wifi of my homenet.

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

I thought it might be a high latency network problem for which turning off autorepeat ("xset r off") is the solution. seems not.

what vncviewer version are you using?

Unfortunately I can't recreate this problem and I'm all out of ideas.
Perhaps you should just try another vnc server like vnc4server. Sorry I couldn't help, I hope you can get this fixed.

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

I never used vnc before because i hear that it's not the greatest program to use under ubuntu 9.10...

i have been trying to get it to work but after 4 hours trying about every thing i could find i still only get a snapshot of my screen that does not refresh.

At the moment i have x11vnc installed, and configured with a paswoord.

compiz (config tool is not installed)
visual effects are on Normal/ if i put them on none my x crashes.

I removed Vino but wen i do that the N900 tells me it can't connect to server.

Any other idea's would be welkom or are there other ways to remote desktop without using vnc ??

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

Hi guys,

Little problem here.
I managed to get rid of my two taskbars in VNC viewer.. I want them back :)
So I tried to re-install the app, but the settings don't change.

A screenshot:
http://i44.tinypic.com/2ahfoed.png

Grts,

Lennert-G

*edit*
Maybe there is a shortcut or command to return to default settings?

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

You're not the first one to run into this issue. See http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...0&postcount=56

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

press the volume key on the top of the N900. Then click on the title bar to change your settings back.

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

I am unable to connect to my PC running TightVNC on Windows XP 32 bit.
When I type in the IP address in VNC viewer on my tablet:

192.168.1.2, it says "Cannot Connect to the Server".

Is there something I am missing here? Pls advise.:(

Edit : My PC is on an ADSL connection and I connecting via my tablet (N900) through 3G.

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

192.168.*.* is a LAN IP, and will not be routed over the internet.

You need to connect to your PC's public internet IP (you adsl modem would know it), and teach your adsl modem/router to forward packets for itself on port 5900 to your PC's IP.

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

can someone please tell me how to escape full screen mode on my n900 ? thx

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

Try reading up 3 or 4 posts - there's two different ways given there.

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

thx now i see it :)

Re: VNC Viewer problems with N900
 

I also have a question, and it may be a stupid one....

Is there a was to simulate the delete key?

I have worked out that holding down the volume key and clicking envokes right-click, and wondered if there was something similar for delete?