Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:49:08 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: "Scott I. Remick" <scott@sremick.net> Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vino password not working after 2.16 upgrade Message-ID: <1161618548.70946.5.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <453CC2A1.2020603@sremick.net> References: <453CC2A1.2020603@sremick.net>
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--=-fbgHmuN9Acyh1xMxQqvK Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2006-10-23 at 09:24 -0400, Scott I. Remick wrote: > So I've had an otherwise-successful upgrade to Gnome 2.16, but I've=20 > discovered my VNC/Vino password no longer works (and I'm remote now with=20 > only ssh access... normally I tunnel VNC over ssh). >=20 > The VNC client still prompts me for a password, so the fact that Vino is=20 > running is still being detected. But I keep getting "authentication faile= d". >=20 > Here's my ~/.gconf/desktop/gnome/remote_access/%gconf.xml file: >=20 > <?xml version=3D"1.0"?> > <gconf> > <entry name=3D"vnc_password" mtime=3D"1148297146" type=3D"string= "> > <stringvalue>xxxxxxxxx</stringvalue> > </entry> > <entry name=3D"authentication_methods" mtime=3D"1148297144"=20 > type=3D"list" ltyp > e=3D"string"> > <li type=3D"string"> > <stringvalue>vnc</stringvalue> > </li> > </entry> > <entry name=3D"prompt_enabled" mtime=3D"1148297143" type=3D"bool= "=20 > value=3D"false > "> > </entry> > <entry name=3D"enabled" mtime=3D"1148297139" type=3D"bool" value= =3D"true"> > </entry> > </gconf> >=20 >=20 > I've run the password hash through a Base64 decoder and it's still what=20 > it should be (what it was prior to upgrading to 2.16). >=20 > All that's in my auth.log is: >=20 > Oct 23 09:20:19 scott sshd[51865]: error: connect_to 127.0.0.1 port=20 > 5900: Connection refused > Oct 23 09:20:19 scott sshd[51865]: error: connect_to localhost port=20 > 5900: failed. >=20 > Strangely, only once do those lines appear, despite multiple failed=20 > attempts. >=20 > This is a FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE system, if it matters. Any ideas? I had to re-enter my password in the Remote Desktop capplet before I could connect to vino after the upgrade. Joe --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-fbgHmuN9Acyh1xMxQqvK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBFPOR0b2iPiv4Uz4cRAlT1AJ9Rhhr7KiXiXx1nEuqI8rVddF3ddwCfVAtH 6nsUcXoK/eLBStCKr2gHvco= =BImT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-fbgHmuN9Acyh1xMxQqvK--
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