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tightvncserver version for trusty?

Asked by Gorka Navarrete

The present Ubuntu 14.04 tightvncserver version (1.3.9) has a known problem in 64-bit systems (1). This is a critical bug that leads to loss of data when the VNC session dies suddenly.

The problem has been known for about 4 years and a patch (2) and a new patched tightvncserver version (1.3.10) (3) was released long ago.

There is any chance of getting the new patched version of tightvncserver (1.3.10) in Ubuntu 14.04? As I lack the skills to do this, there is someone I could write to solve this problem?

Thanks!

(1) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tightvnc/+bug/476845
(2) http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2570977&group_id=14067&atid=314067
(3) http://www.tightvnc.com/download-old.php

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

I suggest you report a bug to get the package upgraded.

What are you doing on the remote system that you are using VNC for? There may be a sleeker solution to what you are using VNC for.

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Gorka Navarrete (emrys) said : 		#2

Thanks for the response.

The bug report above (1) is not enough? A specific bug report requesting the upgrade is necessary? There is any FAQ or template on how to do this?

The server is used by a group of neuroscience researchers that need VNC to do EEG and fMRI analysis... some parts of which are heavily visual/graphical. And in a few very common user cases the VNC sessions die consistently.

(1) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tightvnc/+bug/476845

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Gorka Navarrete (emrys) said : 		#3

OK, sadly the bug request to upgrade to 1.3.10 has been for a while (2011) on launchpad (4)

There is any way to help move this forward?

(4) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tightvnc/+bug/831556

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#4

Ubuntu is taking over most programs from Debian. And also Debian has only the 1.3.9 version.
There is already a request for updating the Debian package, but it has not been done so far. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=581039

The interesting thing is that there is a PPA with 1.3.10 for lucid on https://launchpad.net/~syndicut/+archive/tightvnc
So upgrading the package to 1.3.10 also for later Ubuntu releases seems feasible.

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