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yoburtu

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Registered: 2006-06-07

Posts: 121

VNC: authentication failed

Here is my scenario:

Desktop: Arch Linux gnome 2.16, Remote Desktop Preferences is set to allow a connection upon entering the session password.

Laptop: Ubuntu Dapper 6.06 with gnome 2.14.

The very first time I try to connect from laptop to desktop, I use TightVNC, put in the IP address of the Arch Linux desktop, type in the session password and it connects perfectly.

Then it seems that a lot of times when I disconnect and try to reconnect, I follow the same procedure and I get a "VNC authentication failed" error message when I type in the session password.

When I get that, I can go onto desktop and run the Netstat tool and still see it listening on port 5900.
I can keep trying numerous times and always get the same error.

However, if I go to System > Preferences > Remote Desktop and change the session password to be the same thing it already was, I can then connect again.

I am not sure which error log the VNC faield attempts go to, or else I may be able to figure it out by that.

Anyone have any insight as to why it is doing this?.

Sounds like a bug to me on gnome 2.16

Thank you.

yoburtu

Member

Registered: 2006-06-07

Posts: 121

Re: VNC: authentication failed

Hello,

I have read this page for bug fix:

https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+s … +bug/65795

I don't know if this bug is fixed in vino package from Arch.

Any ideas?.

Best regards.