What causes ‘VNC Server is not currently listening for cloud connections’ error?
A typical ‘ VNC Server is not currently listening for cloud connections’ error looks like the one given below:
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Let us see the common causes for this error:
1. The remote computer is not connected to the Internet
2. The remote computer is asleep
3. After that, we need to check If we have disabled cloud connections
in VNC Server’s Options dialog, under the Connections heading.
Steps to fix ‘VNC Server is not currently listening for cloud connections’ error
Let us see the steps that our support engineers followed to fix the error.
1. Firstly, check whether the remote computer is connected to the Internet. If it is not, we will not be able to connect.
2.
It may be that the remote computer is asleep. It is advisable to
prevent a remote computer sleeping or hibernating while remote access is
required:
* Windows: In Control Panel > Power Options >
Change when the computer sleeps, make sure Put the computer to sleep
when plugged in is Never.
* Mac: In System Preferences >
Energy Saver, make sure Prevent computer from sleeping automatically
when the display is off is selected.
3. After that, make sure cloud connections in VNC Server’s Options dialog, under the Connections heading.
VNC Server will be functioning correctly if there is a green tick (and no error messages) displayed in its Status dialog.
As
a final thing to try, please try restarting VNC Server and/or the
computer running VNC Server. In Windows, this can be done via the
Services utility. For Mac/Linux, right click the VNC Server icon in the
system tray (by the clock) and click Stop VNC Server. Then, launch VNC
Server from Applications menu.