[OpenIndiana-discuss] VNC connections to Hipster

[Dave Koelmeyer]

On 13/09/2014 3:19 p.m., Dave Koelmeyer wrote:
>
> On 13/09/14 02:15, Alexander Pyhalov wrote:
>> On 08/25/2014 23:14, Alexander Pyhalov wrote:
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> Dave Koelmeyer писал 25.08.2014 12:18:
>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>
>>>> Before I go delving into why, has anyone else encountered issues with
>>>> using Remmina (on Ubuntu) to connect over VNC to Hipster? On my old
>>>> oi_151a8 box one simply enabled the VNC server in Gnome (/"Preferences
>>>> -> Desktop Sharing"/), pointed Remmina to it without any special sauce
>>>> and it just worked. On my Hipster box (installed using the latest
>>>> Hipster ISO and updated via the current Hipster repository),
>>>> attempting the same spits out an error: /"TLS handshake failed: A TLS
>>>> packet with unexpected length was received"/. Doesn't appear to be the
>>>> client either, based on seeing the same thing irrespective of which
>>>> Ubuntu box I connect from.
>>>>
>>>> Is anyone else seeing this?
>>>
>>> I see the same. However, I remember that after rebuilding vino 2 months
>>> ago this worked
>>> as expected... It seems to be a bug, but some debugging is necessary to
>>> find out what's
>>> wrong.
>>
>> Hello.
>> I've tested VNC connection to current OI /hipster installation. This 
>> worked. It works for me in two ways.
>> 1) If I enable svc:/application/x11/xvnc-inetd:default, I can connect 
>> to gdm login screen.
>>
>> 2) If I enable remote desktop access  with "Desktop sharing" AND 
>> disable svc:/application/x11/xvnc-inetd:default I can connect to user 
>> session.
>>
>> Please, check how it works for you.
>>
>>
>
> Hi Alexander,
>
> Thanks very much for this, and apologies for not getting back to 
> you/the list with more detail sooner (I have every intention, but just 
> rather a lot on at the moment). I'll give this a try and see.
>

Hi All,

Bruce's suggestions indeed point to this being some interaction 
specifically with Remmina (v 0.9.99.1 on the clients in question). Using 
SSVNC on the same client (pulled down from USC on Ubuntu 14.04), or 
RealVNC Viewer 5.2.0 on a Windows client, I can connect to the same 
Hipster host as expected without any additional configuration. Disabling 
encryption in Remmina doesn't change the behaviour. So – not an 
insurmountable problem at all given alternate VNC clients, time 
permitting I'll do some further digging.

Cheers,
Dave

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Dave Koelmeyer
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