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#1604 tightvnc server 2.8.75 will not connect with tigervnc viewer

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2023-03-07
2023-02-23
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Updated a Windows 11 and Windows 7 machines to the 2.8.75. Work fine with each other, but with Fedora Linux and other linux report it connects, but after password entered it drops to command prompt? Did just download the Tight Java viewer from 2009, and using it can connect to the 2.8.75 windows server. The 2.8.63 version did not have this issue??

Not sure if it is something in handshaking or what. Don't see an error message, and running with strace didn't seem to show something, though it does show a lot of things.

Connection prompts for password, and if entered incorrectly, it gives error, and loops back to reenter, but entering it correctly just drops.

TigerVNC Viewer 64-bit v1.12.0
Built on: 2022-05-31 00:00
Copyright (C) 1999-2021 TigerVNC Team and many others (see README.rst)
See https://www.tigervnc.org for information on TigerVNC.

Fri Feb 24 05:13:34 2023
DecodeManager: Detected 2 CPU core(s)
DecodeManager: Creating 2 decoder thread(s)
CConn: Connected to host 192.168.24.3 port 5900
CConnection: Server supports RFB protocol version 3.8
CConnection: Using RFB protocol version 3.8
CConnection: Choosing security type VncAuth(2)

Fri Feb 24 05:13:39 2023
CConn: Using pixel format depth 24 (32bpp) little-endian rgb888
CConn: End of stream

Reported on both tight mailing list and tiger mailing list.

Discussion

  • Michael Setzer II

    I've found out more info? On one machine connection, found if I did
    vncviewer -Log *:stderr:100 -Desktopsize 1920x1080 192.168.24.3
    So, that it had same size as remote screen rather than trying to resize to 1600x845 of my notebook it would connect and not crash / drop back to command prompt

    But just tried on another machine that has two monitors and it is showing
    size as 3520x1080 on remote, but that drops to command prompt.
    vncviewer -Log *:stderr:100 -Desktopsize 3520x1080 192.168.24.10

    But
    vncviewer -Log *:stderr:100 -Desktopsize 0x0 192.168.24.10
    Does shows screen with a graphic at bottom??

     
  • Michael Setzer II

    Was sent tightvnc-2.8.77-gpl-setup-64bit.msi to test, and it fixes the issue with dropping connection if resize is requested. This doesn't resize, but not drop connection. Not listed as downloadable but hopefully will be. Sent report on my testing and full log file of connection.

     

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