Re: Viewer sometimes misses letters in host name

I just downloaded the tightvnc-2.8.63-gpl-setup-64bit.msi and tried to 
install it, and it fails to install, immediately .

*Patrick Shoaf*
IT Special Projects
[email protected]

*Model Cleaners, Uniforms & Apparel
100 Third Street
Charleroi, PA 15022
Direct Dial: 724-565-2033
724-489-4386 Fax
www.modelcleaners.com <http://www.modelcleaners.com>
www.modelapparel.com <http://www.modelapparel.com>
www.modeluniforms.com <http://www.modeluniforms.com>
*

On 1/12/2022 7:33 PM, j g wrote:
> Hi, bit of a weird bug here. Say I want to connect to HostABC, I will 
> open up VNC Viewer and type "HostABC" or select "HostABC" from the 
> recents list, and hit connect. After a few seconds it becomes obvious 
> that something didn't work, after a short time I get back a message 
> "HstABC - TightVNC Viewer: Error in TightVNC Viewer: No such host is 
> known" The problem is immediately obvious, "HstABC" is missing the "o".
>
> Upon closing the error message and opening the viewer again, I can see 
> the host name in the drop down and confirm it was correctly typed as 
> "HostABC". Somewhere after that text box the host name gets mangled. 
> Trying to connect again (hitting connect without changing anything) 
> often work, but it may take 2 or 3 tries.
>
> Now, I'm not sure if the viewer is really trying to connect to HstABC 
> or if there's some other problem, and the error box is showing the 
> wrong name coincidentally. This bug is not common but definitely not 
> rare. I might see it every 100 or so connections.
>
> Has anyone else seen this issue before?
>
> Viewer is version 2.8.64
> Server version 2.8.27 (or newer, I have quite a few hosts this has 
> happened on).
>
>
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