RealVNC

Roken · 2018-03-21 19:30:30

I have a Raspberry Pi and a Laptop. The Pi is running the default Raspbian OS and the Laptop is running Arch. My main desktop also runs Arch.

I have realvnc-viewer installed on the desktop, and can connect to the Pi without issue. I do not have an Enterprise subscription to realvnc, but I can effect a direct connection on my home network.

I have realvnc-vnc-server installed on both the Pi and the Laptop. Both are the same version (though I understand that one is a .deb package - though looking at the PKGBUILD on Arch, it uses the .deb package anyway).

The connection to my laptop insists on a home subscription, which only provides a cloud connection. Not ideal for a home network. However, a direct connection with the AUR package requires the enterprise license (attempting to connect via the IP address results in a connection refused message).

Since they are the same versions, I assume that it's a config issue, but I'll be blowed if I can find any config files on either the Pi or the laptop to compare them.

Now, on the Pi I had to manually enable the vnc server using raspi-config, which suggests that some other configuration (firewall etc) is being modified, but I have no idea what and my GoogleFu isn't helping on this.

Does anyone have any idea what I need to do to permit a direct local connection? I'm not bothered about remote connections, only on my LAN.

I prefer not to switch from realvnc since it is working sweet on the Pi, and I prefer not to have different viewers. I tried tigervnc server with realvnc viewer (this was a while ago) and had no joy at all.

Unfortunately, the wiki redirects to tiger, which has zero information on it.

For clarity, it's the arch laptop to the arch desktop that is the problem. I mention the Pi to show that what I want can be made to work.

EDIT: The only difference I can see between the Pi and the Laptop is the blue banner at the bottom of the server window. On the Pi it states "Non-commercial use only. Download VNC Viewer and get connected", whilst on the laptop it says "Non-commercial use only. Find out more about commercial subscriptions"

TIA

Last edited by Roken (2018-03-21 19:34:56)

R00KIE · 2018-03-21 20:43:58

I fail to see how an RPi problem (ARM architecture) running Raspbian is an Arch problem.

Closing. For deletion.

Edit:
Mistakenly closed and binned.

I'd suggest that you start by comparing the installed package versions on your laptop and desktop, from there check for any changes in configuration files that might be places in /etc and from there any configuration files in your home directory.

If you can't find anything in your home directory the last resort would be looking server side for anything that might be special casing your desktop.

Edit2:
You might also want to list all files owned by the package in the RPi and see if there is any extra file that might resemble a license or agreement or something that will allow a bit more functionality for personal use.

That said, unless you really require some functionality provided by realvnc I'd say do give tigervnc a new try, recent versions have been working very smoothly for me, at least on x86, and you will not have the licensing headaches of realvnc.

Last edited by R00KIE (2018-03-21 21:33:16)

twelveeighty · 2018-03-22 01:58:36

Roken wrote:

The connection to my laptop insists on a home subscription, which only provides a cloud connection. Not ideal for a home network. However, a direct connection with the AUR package requires the enterprise license (attempting to connect via the IP address results in a connection refused message).

I do not run RealVNC, but your post got me curious, so I took a look at their website. Their license FAQ is (I think) pretty clear on this:

RealVNC wrote:

A cloud connection is one from a device running VNC Viewer to a remote computer running VNC Server that is brokered by RealVNC’s online discovery and connectivity service. [..], but please note both endpoints must be connected to the Internet.
If you have a Home or Professional subscription, this is the only connectivity option.

So... I think you will have to either get both end-points connectivity to the Internet, or purchase a different RealVNC license. I could be missing something, of course.

graysky · 2018-03-22 08:54:45

Recommend that you stop using realvnc and switch to tiger.

Roken wrote:

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I prefer not to switch from realvnc since it is working sweet on the Pi, and I prefer not to have different viewers. I tried tigervnc server with realvnc viewer (this was a while ago) and had no joy at all.
Unfortunately, the wiki redirects to tiger, which has zero information on it.

Your assessment that the wiki page has zero info is just wrong; I authored the majority of that article and feel it is well written and information rich.

Last edited by graysky (2018-03-23 18:56:37)

Roken · 2018-03-22 15:39:06

@graysky - this one? https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?ti … edirect=no

EDIT: Just realised the redirected title is a link. My bad.

As it happens, I've returned to tigervnc, and whilst i haven't got it working properly yet, I do have it working'ish as a server on both the laptop and the pi. It needs configuring on both (hence the "'ish") to launch an xsession, but progress has been made, thank you.

Last edited by Roken (2018-03-22 15:40:39)

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