RE: UltraVNC protocol extensions?

For feature requests and bug reports RC15 RC16. Please use the forum at http://forum.ultravnc.net/

Rudi,

As I explained to you at the time, moving from protocol 3.3 to protocol 3.7
is a minimal change, and would completely avoid compatibility issues with
future RFB versions. :)

Cheers,

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf 
> Of De Vos Rudi
> Sent: 21 September 2005 22:15
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Ultravnc-list] UltraVNC protocol extensions?
> 
> For feature requests and bug reports RC15 RC16. Please use 
> the forum at http://forum.ultravnc.net/
> 
> Changing protocol is not done in a few minutes.
> 
> Any idea howlong 4.0 will stay unchanged.
> V2 will take more then a year, and possible rfb5.0 is out 
> before we finish :)
> 
> If a viewer don't work with UltraVNC server, they always can 
> install RealVNC or make some little
> modification to there own viewer.
> 
> James Weatherall schreef:
> 
> > For feature requests and bug reports RC15 RC16. Please use 
> the forum at http://forum.ultravnc.net/
> >
> > Rudi,
> >
> > Both the version 3.7 and 3.8 protocols allow custom 
> protocol extensions to
> > be handled without losing compatibility with VNC, as I 
> mentioned to you when
> > we were first developing them.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [email protected]
> > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
> > > Of De Vos Rudi
> > > Sent: 21 September 2005 19:49
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Subject: Re: [Ultravnc-list] UltraVNC protocol extensions?
> > >
> > > For feature requests and bug reports RC15 RC16. Please use
> > > the forum at http://forum.ultravnc.net/
> > >
> > > When we started ultravnc, there was no protocol extension
> > > (like in 4.0) that could tell what kind of
> > > server you have.
> > > Lucky, all other versions had buildin that all versions
> > > higher then 3.3 where mapped to 3.3
> > > This way we could differentiate between ours and the other
> > > servers by handling the 3.6
> > >
> > > I don't know if this is a "broken server", but as the
> > > extension was added in rfb4.0 we where just to
> > > soon   :)
> > >
> > > I just added some test exe that fix
> > > bug: using 256 colors and installed driver, colors where
> > > sometimes inversted (red/blue)
> > >
> > > Offical distribution are on sf, testversion can current 
> be found on
> > > http://sc.uvnc.com/V2
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Bob Friesenhahn schreef:
> > >
> > > > For feature requests and bug reports RC15 RC16. Please use
> > > the forum at http://forum.ultravnc.net/
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, James Weatherall wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > For feature requests and bug reports RC15 RC16. Please
> > > use the forum at http://forum.ultravnc.net/
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.  Was not aware of the forum.
> > > >
> > > > > The only valid protocol versions are 3.3, 3.7, 3.8 and 4.0.
> > > > >
> > > > > The standard VNC viewer works around broken servers by
> > > assuming that if they
> > > > > report a non-existent protocol version, then they can
> > > probably support the
> > > > > next highest actual protocol version properly.  If a
> > > server reports the
> > > > > non-existent version 3.6, therefore, VNC Viewer will ask
> > > it to use protocol
> > > > > 3.3 in the hope that it can support that properly.
> > > >
> > > > So UltraVNC is considered to be a "broken" server? ;-)
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the hint about versions.  I can at least get 
> a session
> > > > established now.  My client was simply reflecting back 
> the version
> > > > sent by the server and is supposed to be designed to 
> handle multiple
> > > > protocols.
> > > >
> > > > Now there are just some wrong colors in the Hextile protocol to
> > > > contend with.  How odd!
> > > >
> > > > Bob
> > > > ======================================
> > > > Bob Friesenhahn
> > > > [email protected],
> > > http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/
> > > > GraphicsMagick Maintainer,    http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/
> > > >
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