VNC password handling does not seem to work

[fezzzza]

Using VNSee 0.4.1 on fw 2.9.0.136, I don't seem to be able to access any VNC server that is password protected. Tested with x11vnc and realVNC servers. x11vnc with -nopw works just fine, otherwise I get:

VNSee error:

Connecting to 192.168.0.109:5900
Error: Failed to initialize VNC connection

                           Back

and on the server:

26/08/2021 09:50:08 Got connection from client 192.168.0.109
26/08/2021 09:50:08   0 other clients
26/08/2021 09:50:08 Normal socket connection
26/08/2021 09:50:08 Disabled X server key autorepeat.
26/08/2021 09:50:08   to force back on run: 'xset r on' (3 times)
26/08/2021 09:50:08 incr accepted_client=1 for 192.168.0.109:36826  sock=6
26/08/2021 09:50:08 Client Protocol Version 3.8
26/08/2021 09:50:08 Protocol version sent 3.8, using 3.8
26/08/2021 09:50:08 rfbProcessClientSecurityType: executing handler for type 2
### I would normally expect to see session information between these lines but it drops immediately ***
26/08/2021 09:50:08 client_count: 0
26/08/2021 09:50:08 Restored X server key autorepeat to: 1
26/08/2021 09:50:08 Client 192.168.0.109 gone
26/08/2021 09:50:08 Statistics             events    Transmit/ RawEquiv ( saved)
26/08/2021 09:50:08  TOTALS              :      0 |         0/        0 (  0.0%)
26/08/2021 09:50:08 Statistics             events    Received/ RawEquiv ( saved)
26/08/2021 09:50:08  TOTALS              :      0 |         0/        0 (  0.0%)

However on my very first attempt I did get through, though I'm not 100% sure it was 0.4.1 on fw2.9 - I had a very short period of experimentation with my "new" reMarkable before the auto-update forced fw2.9 and I'm not sure if this was before or after that.

The password method I'm using on x11vnc is using the -rfbauth switch, which works fine on other clients.

[matteodelabre]

It looks like you’re using the GUI to connect, which does not support password input. Have you tried starting VNSee from a shell to see if you’re able to connect to your server?

[MindFreeze]

@matteodelabre I don't see a password option for the cli either