Mailing List Archive: main: Unable to locate existing VNC Server

main: Unable to locate existing VNC Server

Aug 28, 2009, 2:21 AM

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Hi

Terry Chau on Wed Feb 27 02:49:01 2008 wrote to this list what follows;

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I have install the lastest VNC 4.1.2 as service and the service can start
without any error message.
But the VNC tray icon doesn't appear.

When I issue command > winvnc4 -connect xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
it response said:
Built on May 12 2006 at 14:47:22
Wed Feb 27 10:40:31 2008
main: Unable to locate existing VNC Server.

But it is ok when I issue the command to port 5500 as : telnet
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 5500

Is anyone known the problem and can help me out ?

Thanks a lots.

Cheers
Terry Chau
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You can find this post here
http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2008-February/058730.html

I have the same problem. As Terry hasn't got an useful answer to his
question I'm asking if someone knows how to resolve this error.

Thanks in advance,
Piotr Dobrogost

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Re: main: Unable to locate existing VNC Server [ In reply to ]

stella at rider

Aug 28, 2009, 4:46 AM

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What version of Windows? AFAIK, free 4.1.2 does not work on vista/7...

Did either one of you check if the service is running?

Piotr Dobrogost wrote:
> Hi
>
> Terry Chau on Wed Feb 27 02:49:01 2008 wrote to this list what follows;
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I have install the lastest VNC 4.1.2 as service and the service can start
> without any error message.
> But the VNC tray icon doesn't appear.
>
> When I issue command > winvnc4 -connect xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> it response said:
> Built on May 12 2006 at 14:47:22
> Wed Feb 27 10:40:31 2008
> main: Unable to locate existing VNC Server.
>
> But it is ok when I issue the command to port 5500 as : telnet
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 5500
>
> Is anyone known the problem and can help me out ?
>
> Thanks a lots.
>
> Cheers
> Terry Chau
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> You can find this post here
> http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2008-February/058730.html
>
>
> I have the same problem. As Terry hasn't got an useful answer to his
> question I'm asking if someone knows how to resolve this error.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Piotr Dobrogost
>
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Re: main: Unable to locate existing VNC Server [ In reply to ]

pd at realvnc

Aug 28, 2009, 10:28 AM

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Ricardo Stella wrote on Fri Aug 28 12:46:09 BST 2009

> What version of Windows? AFAIK, free 4.1.2 does not work on vista/7...

At first I tried on Vista indeed. But then I tried on XP SP2 and got
exactly the same error...

> Did either one of you check if the service is running?

Have you noticed Terry's "and the service can start without any error
message."? It seems to me this means service _was_ running when he tried
to connect listening client.
Yes, I checked and the service _is_ running.

Any ideas?

Regards
Piotr Dobrogost

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