4.4.2 - Downgrade options? CRASHES Master and Clients, No Demo
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@DrewLoker BTW Veyon 4.5.0 fixes a bug triggered by deslecting computers in the Computers & Locations panel. This might be related to your problem so if you have the chance to update to 4.5.0, I'd love to hear your feedback.
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The Configurator (Master category under Basic settings) provides the option to specify a sort order (Only user name) but you might consider requesting the option of sorting by logged in computers versus those not logged in.
I’m not familiar with Veyon throughput or whether this is configurable. Generally I haven’t experienced performance issues using either Fullscreen demo or Window demo and though deselecting unused computers would achieve a modest performance gain my experience has been this doesn’t work very well on the fly. Since you are down to two lists I think it would be best to exit and restart Veyon whenever your selections change.
As an alternative to playing videos through ‘demo’ you might consider using ‘Run program’:
Web player;
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" https://www.youtube.com/embed/abcdefghijk?autoplay=0where abcdefghijk is the 11 character YouTube video ID.
Local player;
"C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\mpc-hc64.exe" /fullscreen "M:\Test\BigBuckBunny_640x360.mp4"Some performance issues relate to network drivers so I would suggest installing the latest Ethernet drivers for your machines. Instead of using the default Windows network drivers or those of the computer manufacturer’s (Dell, Lenovo) I recommend using non-OEM drivers provided by the chipset manufacturer (Intel, Broadcom).
Use this PowerShell command at a command prompt to query the Veyon version information:
Powershell -command "(Get-Command 'C:\Program Files\Veyon\veyon-cli.exe').FileVersionInfo.FileVersion"
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Thanks for letting me know about the update. I installed it right away, but then we were Quarantined for another week around Thanksgiving, so just getting back to the lab.
Unfortunately, even 4.5.1 is not working for the Demo AND crashing.
I had downgraded to 4.3.5.0 which restored the DEMO mode. I was not sure if 4.3.5 had resolved the crashing Blue Screens of death, but when I went I went from 4.3.5 to 4.5.0, BLUE CRASHES hit me on my Master. I UPPED to 4.5.1 yesterday upon return, and across the lab I am getting the Blue screens, including on my master.
I am going to it back down to 4.3.5 unless you think you have another release forthcoming PDQ.
Can I run my master on 4.3.5 and the Clients on 4.5.1?
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BSOD death seems to have been resolved. I updated to 4.5.2 a couple of days before we left for Christmas, and I have not seen 1 BSOD in the last ~5 school days...and I was getting 1-2 per class period.
But unfortunately, STILL NO DEMO.
Is anybody else experiencing No Demo? When I click the option, it does go to Demo, but it either just stalls for a long time and/or eventually displays an old image long before the current students even logged in. I am still trying to track down exactly what , and from where/when, DEMO is pulling the display view.
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4.5.2 with 25 client.
Sometime demo work fine, sometimes it doesnt , i wonder whats wrong , and ill give up now, they said 4.5.2 is stable , but demo it a bit pain.
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@itguy
Thanks for trying.I just don't understand why it will work if I take the lab back down to 4.3.
- 4.3 - Demo worked perfect.
- 4.4.2 - It worked if nobody was in the room, but 4.4.2 was unstable. And, once a class came in, and more than a couple of students were logged in, Demo failed to work...showed an image from some other time period.
- 4.5.2 - is stable, but Demo will not working at all, even if I am only testing with one student logged in.
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OK!! I finally have a new clue!
EDIT: Sometimes! I wrote the following...but then signed into two more clients, and now NOTHING is working again, not even on the one I had tested and resolve the following. ARGH!!!!
What I THOUGHT was progress...
If I select "All screens", Demo works, but only shows Display2). The problem is I don't really want Display 2 to go to the Clients. Display 3 is what is going to the TV monitors in the room (via HDMI splitter) and I would really like for what they see on the screen to be the same as what I display to the entire class.Also, Clients only receive some of my Display to their monitor...resolution differences...but this anomaly has been with Veyon for 3 years...so this is to be expected.
If I select Screen 1 [\.\Display2], it works. No difference as above as to the amount that goes to the clients.
If I select Screen 2 [\.\Display3], Demo does NOT work. Just sits there hanging o n "Connecting". Black screen on client until I stop Demo.
If I select Screen 3 [\.\Display4], Demo does not work...same as above.
I don't even know what Display 4 is as i have three Display using Built-in Video on VGA, Display Port and HDMI out all working together for 3 monitors.
But, this work before on 4.3, just stopped working on 4.4.2. A version after 4.4.2, maybe 4.5?, brought in the option to select a screen/display. That version didn't work for crashing, nor Demo. Maybe right before you all added the option to select the screen, the coding was added that broke the Demo. ??? (just spit balling there).
So, 4.5.2 is stable. And I have now determined that some of the options in Demo work.
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My understanding is \\.\DISPLAY2, \\.\DISPLAY3 and \\.\DISPLAY4 are device names representing display output or screens.
In Clone mode screens and monitors could pair as;
\\.\DISPLAY1\Monitor0
\\.\DISPLAY1\Monitor1where one screen is applied to two logical monitor devices.
In Extended mode screens and monitors could pair as;
\\.\DISPLAY1\Monitor0
\\.\DISPLAY2\Monitor0where two screens are applied to one logical monitor device.
You can think of \\.\DISPLAY1 and \\.\DISPLAY2 as the output of the graphics card drivers/interface (screens) while \\.\DISPLAY1\Monitor0 and \\.\DISPLAY1\Monitor1 represent the attached monitors.
Two Nirsoft utilities, ControlMyMonitor and MultiMonitorTool, provide screen, monitor and adapter information with both GUI and command line control.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/multi_monitor_tool.html
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/controlmymonitor.zip
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/multimonitortool-x64.zip
Extract both using the 7-Zip utility, https://www.7-zip.org/download.html, and for convenience place the extracted files into the C:\Windows folder.
Command line:
C:\Windows\MultiMonitorTool.exe /stext "C:\Users\Public\Desktop\monitorinfo.txt"C:\Windows\ControlMyMonitor.exe /smonitors "C:\Users\Public\Desktop\monitorinfo2.txt"
Question: Do any of the three monitors have touchscreens?
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I’m not familiar with Veyon throughput or whether this is configurable. Generally I haven’t experienced performance issues using either Fullscreen demo or Window demo and though deselecting unused computers would achieve a modest performance gain my experience has been this doesn’t work very well on the fly. Since you are down to two lists I think it would be best to exit and restart Veyon whenever your selections change.
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@DrewLoker the screen arrangement issue should be fixed in 4.5.3 - can you please test this version?
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Ok, testing now. Installing on Master.
EDIT: Initially, it appears to be working...but no students in the room and I only logged in to one computer. But getting excited!!!
Does this need to be deployed to all clients urgently?
Thanks!
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@tobydox
Well, it worked for a second on the one computer...but then client crashed...and did not work again. It came up with the "Establishing connection..." msg, but would not establish.When the next class came in, the computers were locked up and had to be rebooted. 25 of the 26 computers are still on 4.5.2. So, only the one client and the master are at 4.5.3. I am not sure I want to install across the entire unless you think it will help.
Will it make any difference if I install across the entire lab?
