Re: [gtk-vnc-devel] Supporting VMware VNC extensions in gtk-vnc

[Anthony Liguori <anthony codemonkey ws>]

Ramesh Dharan wrote:
> Hi Anthony, 
>
> Yes the mailing list is still very much alive but I'm not really working on
> VNC-related stuff anymore.
>
> We will be adding support for appropriate server<->client message negotiation
> but this isn't in any shipping products yet. Dustin Byford (who also reads
> this list) is heading all the VNC protocol development work these days and
> he's probably a better contact person than me. I know Dustin has the
> negotiation fixes on his plate to tackle in the near term; I believe he also
> has a better protocol document available.
>   

Well in the absence of proper negotation, I'd still like to hack 
something up.  Can you give me a quick description of what the format of 
the client messages are?

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> --
> Ramesh
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anthony Liguori [mailto:anthony codemonkey ws]
> Sent: Mon 12/31/2007 9:40 AM
> To: vm-rfb vmware com; gtk-vnc-devel List; Ramesh Dharan
> Subject: Supporting VMware VNC extensions in gtk-vnc
>  
> Hi Ramesh,
>
> I hope this mailing list is still live.  I noticed in the most recent 
> RFB spec that the encoding range used by VMware is now reserved.  I'd 
> like to add support for these extensions to gtk-vnc.  I'm wondering if 
> there's more definitive documentation than [1].  Specifically, for the 
> new client/server messages, does the server support a negotiation 
> mechanism yet as recommended in the RFB spec?
>
> [1] http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=VMware_Video
>
> Regards,
>
> Anthony Liguori
>
>