#1600 vncviewer connects but displays only a black screen

[B Butler]

I upgraded this morning to TightVNC version 2.8.75, using chocolatey, on a Windows 10 machine.

The upgrade seemed to succeed. However, when I start vncviewer with an existing settings file, it connects to the server but starts with a black screen. The mouse pointer moves around but I would expect it to show a command line on the remote (linux) server.

It seems that vncviewer does not attach to the terminal session that is started by the TigerVNC server process on the remote machine. The server side setup has not changed.

This seems like a bug, or perhaps the settings file needs to change for this new version.

Thanks for your help!

[Michel Meyers]

Noticed the same problem here. Linux server running Xtigervnc, and 2.8.63 on Windows connects and works fine while 2.8.75 only shows a blank screen.

[Jonathan Williams]

Similar issue. TightVNC version 2.8.75 on Win10 connecting to Linux X11vnc now starts black and flickers to see the screen only when the mouse moves. No longer useable. (Previous version did not do this).

[Jürgen Depicker]

Same problem here (connecting to Linux X11vnc).

[Anton]

https://tightvnc.com/pvt/0diagnostics/tightvnc-2.8.77-gpl-setup-64bit.msi
could be used until the next release

[Jonathan Williams]

Thanks Anton - works for me :-)

[B Butler]

Thank you Anton - 2.8.77 works for me too.

On Mon, 6 Mar 2023 at 19:35, Jonathan Williams docjonz@users.sourceforge.net wrote:

Thanks Anton - works for me :-)

• [bugs:#1600] https://sourceforge.net/p/vnc-tight/bugs/1600/ vncviewer
  connects but displays only a black screen*

Status: open
Group:
Labels: vncviewer
Created: Mon Feb 20, 2023 04:08 PM UTC by B Butler
Last Updated: Mon Mar 06, 2023 09:33 AM UTC
Owner: nobody

I upgraded this morning to TightVNC version 2.8.75, using chocolatey, on a
Windows 10 machine.

The upgrade seemed to succeed. However, when I start vncviewer with an
existing settings file, it connects to the server but starts with a black
screen. The mouse pointer moves around but I would expect it to show a
command line on the remote (linux) server.

It seems that vncviewer does not attach to the terminal session that is
started by the TigerVNC server process on the remote machine. The server
side setup has not changed.

This seems like a bug, or perhaps the settings file needs to change for
this new version.

Thanks for your help!

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