Fedora 27: Remmina and VNC incoming connection

[Dario Lesca]

After last remmina update (1.2.0-0.51.20180408.git.6b62986) the VNC
incoming connection (Plugin VNCI) is go away.

Now it's any more possible to start a reverse connection, like previous
version  (1.2.0-0.42.20170908git205df66) allow to do (I have do a "sudo
dnf downgrade remmina --allowerasing" to verify).

Is this a bug and I must be fill a bugzilla  or the VNC incoming
connection now it is done in another way?

Many thanks


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Dario Lesca
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[Samuel Sieb]

On 04/18/2018 10:49 AM, Dario Lesca wrote:
>  After last remmina update (1.2.0-0.51.20180408.git.6b62986) the VNC 
>  incoming connection (Plugin VNCI) is go away.
>  
>  Now it's any more possible to start a reverse connection, like previous 
>  version (1.2.0-0.42.20170908git205df66) allow to do (I have do a "sudo 
>  dnf downgrade remmina --allowerasing" to verify).
>  
>  Is this a bug and I must be fill a bugzilla or the VNC incoming 
>  connection now it is done in another way? 
This was an upstream change.
https://github.com/FreeRDP/Remmina/issues/1538

[Dario Lesca]

Il giorno mer, 18/04/2018 alle 11.36 -0700, Samuel Sieb ha scritto:
>  This was an upstream change.
>  https://github.com/FreeRDP/Remmina/issues/1538 
Ok, thanks
Then the VNCI plugin is disable by default.
Bad solution.
I have download the remmina source rpm, enable it (-DWITH_VNCI=ON),
rebuild it and reinstall only the remmina-plugins-vnc rpm and now the
VNC incoming connection work great again

IMHO
I think Fedora must buil the remmina package with this option enabled

If this plugin is enable, and sometime and in some circumstance not
work, is better than it's not enable and alway do not work.

What is the best way to report this my suggest?
 
Thanks

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Dario Lesca
(inviato dal mio Linux Fedora 27 Workstation)

[stan]

On Thu, 19 Apr 2018 14:29:43 +0200
Dario Lesca <d.lesca(a)solinos.it&gt; wrote:

>  IMHO
>  I think Fedora must buil the remmina package with this option enabled
>  
>  If this plugin is enable, and sometime and in some circumstance not
>  work, is better than it's not enable and alway do not work.
>  
>  What is the best way to report this my suggest? 
Open a bugzilla against remmina package at the address below.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/

You will have to click through "enter a new bug", and then select
Fedora until you have received a new bug entry page.  Select the
component (remmina) at the top, and then pretty much fill it in with
what you have put in your emails.

[Rick Stevens]

On 04/19/2018 09:48 AM, stan wrote:
>  On Thu, 19 Apr 2018 14:29:43 +0200
>  Dario Lesca <d.lesca(a)solinos.it&gt; wrote:
>  
> > IMHO
> > I think Fedora must buil the remmina package with this option enabled
> >
> > If this plugin is enable, and sometime and in some circumstance not
> > work, is better than it's not enable and alway do not work.
> >
> > What is the best way to report this my suggest?
>  
>  Open a bugzilla against remmina package at the address below.
>  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/
>  
>  You will have to click through "enter a new bug", and then select
>  Fedora until you have received a new bug entry page.  Select the
>  component (remmina) at the top, and then pretty much fill it in with
>  what you have put in your emails. 
I use VNC as the remote desktop server. You can use Remmina with the VNC
plugin or vncviewer to view it remotely. Note that I'm doing this on
systems using Xfce4 and X--not Wayland. I don't have a Wayland-based
system.

If you want to try, the way I did it was:

1. Make sure you have the xvnc module by installing the
tigervnc-server-module RPM.

2. Create an "/etc/xorg.conf.d/00-system-setup-vnc.conf" file
containing the following text:

	Section "Module"
	    Load "vnc"
	EndSection

	Section "Screen"
	    Identifier "Screen0"
	    Device "Videocard0"
	    Option "SecurityTypes" "VncAuth"
	    Option "UserPasswdVerifier" "VncAuth"
	    Option "passwordfile" "/root/.vnc/passwd"
	EndSection

3. Create the "/root/.vnc/passwd" file via:

	[root@golem4 ~]# mkdir /root/.vnc
	[root@golem4 ~]# vncpasswd /root/.vnc/passwd

and entering the password you plan to use.

4. Reboot your system to restart X. X should now be listening on port
5900:

	[root@golem4 ~]# netstat -lpnt | grep Xorg
	tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:5900            0.0.0.0:*
LISTEN      1064/Xorg
	tcp6       0      0 :::5900                 :::*
LISTEN      1064/Xorg

5. Make sure your firewall accepts incoming TCP connections on port
5900.

6. Try connecting from a remote client. Use the password you set in step
3 when asked for authentication.

Works for me on Xfce4 and X. Again, I don't have a Wayland system so I
haven't tried setting it up on such a system. I'm also sure someone will
poke holes in this solution (putting on my flak jacket now....).

An alternative is to download and install the free version of
TeamViewer and use it. It does work.
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[Dario Lesca]

Il giorno gio, 19/04/2018 alle 09.48 -0700, stan ha scritto:
>  Open a bugzilla against remmina package at the address below. 
Open:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1572701

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Dario Lesca
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[Samuel Sieb]

On 04/27/2018 03:28 PM, Dario Lesca wrote:
>  Il giorno gio, 19/04/2018 alle 09.48 -0700, stan ha scritto:
> > Open a bugzilla against remmina package at the address below.
>  
>  Open:
>  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1572701 
The change has been reverted so VNCI will be back whenever the Fedora 
packager updates remmina next.

[Dario Lesca]

Il giorno ven, 27/04/2018 alle 15.33 -0700, Samuel Sieb ha scritto:
>  The change has been reverted so VNCI will be back whenever the
>  Fedora 
>  packager updates remmina next. 
Ok.
Thanks!

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Dario Lesca
(inviato dal mio Linux Fedora 27 Workstation)