IRIX and Software

Hello,

I installed Neko Tight VNC on my Octane (IRIX 6.5.30)
I set up the password, and the ./vnc/xstartup file as suggested in forum posts,
and then started the VNC server.

Using the Chicken VNC viewer (OSX PPC Mac) I can connect to the Octane, everything looks fine,
the IRIX desktop appears on the screen of the Mac.

The problem is that whenever I try to open an application using the toolchest using the VNC viewer,
the VNC server breaks the connection, and refuses reconnecting.

I can reconnect only when stopping and restarting the VNC server, but then the same thing happens again.

What can be the reason for this?

I am a newbie to VNC, thanks for your help,

Zsolt

O.K., the description of the problem may be fuzzy.
The main point is that the server kicks out the client soon after logging in.
Can it be a problem if the client software (Chicken VNC) is brand new, but the server software is somewhat older (Neko Tight VNC).
Anybody has good suggestions for an xstartup file?
Chicken VNC has eight encoding options.
Is it enough if I choose just "tight" for TightVNC?
Any general advice is welcome...

Just my 2 cents on VNC. Version compatibly can be a big problem. Newer tightvnc clients have issues connecting to older servers even. In my experience, UltraVNC on Windows and JollysFastVNC (I have the Pro version) on OS X have the highest compatibility across different VNC Servers and versions.

I never had anything good to say about Chicken of the VNC.

Thanks! I am going to try Jollys fast VNC!
Surely the communication between the server and the viewer software is erratic.
Breaking of the connection has not much to do with running applications on the host.

I've tried CotVNC, Jollys fast VNC and UltraVNC, recommend tigerVNC, although version 1.2.0 doesn't seem to work everywhere, so that you may have to downgrade to 1.1.0.