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TICKET ARCHIVE -> screen sharing or vnc with 10.5 and 10.3

hughesrl - Nov 6, 2007 - 4:26 pm

I am trying to use the new and slick Screen Sharing feature of 10.5 to control a B&W running 10.3. It always fails to connect--timed out is the usual message. What do I need to do to the B&W (10.3.9) to make this happen?

Thanks in advance

nhmac - Nov 7, 2007 - 6:44 am

I haven't got 10.5 myself yet, but I use VNC frequently, and I would be surprised if you could use a feature from 10.5 to show the screen of a Mac running 10.3, since the 10.3 likely needs something set up to serve the info out.

If you can't get the Screen Sharing to work with your setup, I recommend using Share My Desktop from Bombich software, a great donationware VNC program which is very easy to use.

--Beverly

hughesrl - Nov 7, 2007 - 7:40 am

I will give it a try and let you know how it works

Thanks

hughesrl - Nov 7, 2007 - 7:44 am

Share my desktop is no longer available.

nhmac - Nov 7, 2007 - 11:57 am

Hmm, I see it's not on the Bombich site any more, but you can still get it here:

http://netmath.uiuc.edu/vnc/

--Beverly

hughesrl - Nov 8, 2007 - 3:58 pm

I am still doing something wrong, I can connect to the applications and files on the 10.3 machine, but not get a virtual desktop from it

TechSupport - Nov 11, 2007 - 10:10 pm

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nhmac - Nov 11, 2007 - 10:10 pm

Sorry, I've been gone the last couple of days. Back now. Have you tried using Chicken of the VNC? That's what I use to connect to desktops running SMD.

I can reopen the ticket for another tech to assist if you'd like to try it with the Leopard app, which I don't have,

--Beverly