Vine server locks up all the time?

Vine
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I’m using TightVNC on Windows XP to connect to my home Mac running Vine VNC Server. For some reason, at random times, the VNC screen just freezes up. I have to disconnect and reconnect to get it working again. It’s very frustrating. Is there something wrong with my setup, maybe?

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While lockups aren’t unheard of they tend to be pretty rare for Vine Server.

1 – First are you certain it’s Vine Server you are connecting to (and not the built in ARD server which does lock up fairly regularly).

2 – If you could send us the Vine Server log it might help us diagnose the problem.

3 – When it does lock up, can you tell if events are still getting through? Or do both screen updates AND events completely stop?

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  1. Totally certain. I’ve got Vine on a different port number and I’m connecting to that specific port.

  2. Sure, just tell me where to find the log and where to submit it.

  3. From what I can tell, screen updates totally stop… I don’t know if my mouse clicks are still registering. I could try next time by right clicking next time it freezes, and then reconnect and see if the context menu came up.

Thanks!

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The following may help you with locating your VineServer Log file…

$cat ${HOME}/Library/Logs/VineServer.log

Best wishes

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Yeah I checked there, I don’t have that file. And I don’t see any options in Vine to turn on logging.

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Could it be the TightVNC local cursor tracking thing? Change it to
remote server cursor handling. That workaround works for me.
I think they’re trying to fix it for 3.1.

See this thread.

http://redstonesoftware.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=884

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for what it’s worth, i had exactly the same problem (well, at least the symptoms), and letting the remote server handle the cursor fixed it.

thanks nospamboz :slight_smile:

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Yeah, seems to be OK for me too since I modified that setting. Thanks!

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I’ve been suffering with this for such a long time. Thanks for the workaround!

However, one side effect of turning off local cursor control in TightVNC is that the cursor is almost impossible to see. Is there a way to make it more visible?

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We’ve just posted an updated Vine Server Beta that we hope addresses this problem. Please read this notice – http://www.redstonesoftware.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1206

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Sorry, but local cursor still hangs for me.

Has OSXvnc-server changed? It’s byte-for-byte the same as with beta 1.
Packaging problem?

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Sorry, but local mouse control still hangs with beta 2.

Has OSXvnc-server changed? It’s byte-for-byte the same as with beta 1.
Packaging problem?