COTV adds 5900 to the port number you specify. If you attempt to
connect to port 0, it will connect to 5900.
In order for me to connect to port 26000, I must specify 20100.
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The number you enter is not a port number; it's a display
number. VNC protocol specifies that port number = 5900 +
display number.
Now one could argue (and I'd agree) that we should be
entering a port number.
When I first started using cotvnc, I was stymied by the
"display number" thing, and couldn't get it to work until I
read the wording of the dialog very carefully. It does in
fact tell you...
--johnt
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This behavior seems to have originated with version 20b3. I
previously specified a port number (because I'm connecting
to a local port which is ssh-tunneled to the remote server
running Xvnc) with 20b1 and with 20b2.
Note that previous versions had a "display/port" field,
while 20b3 has a "display" field.
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If this is intended behavior, then the format of server
connection configuration data has changed since version
2.0b2, and the bug is that cotvnc does not recognize
obsolete configuration data and deal appropriately with it.
see also: bug 1407743 - saved "display/port" data used as
"display" after upgrade
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This did not happen for me in version 2.0b3, but I just
upgraded to the universal version for my MacbookPro, and
discovered it. So it is still a problem
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Version 2.0b4 fixes this by changing the behavior. If you enter a _port_ using
host:port syntax, it will be used. If you enter a _display_ in the text field marked
"Display:", it will be used and 5900 will be added to it.
So, either enter "yourhost:5900" _or_ enter display 0.
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yeah, i got this problem too... silly.
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The number you enter is not a port number; it's a display
number. VNC protocol specifies that port number = 5900 +
display number.
Now one could argue (and I'd agree) that we should be
entering a port number.
When I first started using cotvnc, I was stymied by the
"display number" thing, and couldn't get it to work until I
read the wording of the dialog very carefully. It does in
fact tell you...
--johnt
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that's not a bug, that's a feature! :-)
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This behavior seems to have originated with version 20b3. I
previously specified a port number (because I'm connecting
to a local port which is ssh-tunneled to the remote server
running Xvnc) with 20b1 and with 20b2.
Note that previous versions had a "display/port" field,
while 20b3 has a "display" field.
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If this is intended behavior, then the format of server
connection configuration data has changed since version
2.0b2, and the bug is that cotvnc does not recognize
obsolete configuration data and deal appropriately with it.
see also: bug 1407743 - saved "display/port" data used as
"display" after upgrade
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This did not happen for me in version 2.0b3, but I just
upgraded to the universal version for my MacbookPro, and
discovered it. So it is still a problem
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Version 2.0b4 fixes this by changing the behavior. If you enter a _port_ using
host:port syntax, it will be used. If you enter a _display_ in the text field marked
"Display:", it will be used and 5900 will be added to it.
So, either enter "yourhost:5900" _or_ enter display 0.
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This makes it impossible to connect to a port <5900