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Old 01-19-2009, 05:14 AM   #1
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VNC viewer


When I do VNC to remote machine.. It connects but then it gives "Rect too BIG" and comes out...

Please help.

[root@viral scripts]# vncviewer -V

VNC Viewer Free Edition 4.1.2 for X - built Jan 15 2007 10:33:32
Copyright (C) 2002-2005 RealVNC Ltd.
See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC.
 
Old 01-19-2009, 06:11 AM   #2
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Hi,

This is a bug in VNC when the resolution is different:
server : 1024 x 768
client : 1680 x 1050

Try to use
xtightvncviewer
 
Old 01-19-2009, 06:13 AM   #3
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Google tightvnc and there you get it from sourceforge
 
  


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