VNC® Enterprise Edition 4.1 - release notes
VNC Enterprise Edition 4.1.9
General Features and Improvements from VNC Enterprise Edition 4.1.8
- FIXED: Palette management issues for 8-bit and lower displays.
VNC Enterprise Edition for Windows Changes
- FIXED: Java viewer download problems.
VNC Enterprise Edition for Unix Changes
- FIXED: Unnecessary dependencies on libICE and libSM.
- FIXED: Maximum X selection text length is 64Kb (increased to 1Gb).
- FIXED: vncserver fails to clear SESSION_MANAGER, affecting libSM-aware apps.
- FIXED: Xvnc has keyboard auto-repeat enabled.
VNC Enterprise Edition for Java Changes
- VNC Viewer for Java signature has been updated.
VNC Enterprise Edition 4.1.8
General Features and Improvements from VNC Enterprise Edition 4.1.7
- FIXED: VNC Viewer alerting the user to errors in unauthenticated reverse connections.
VNC Enterprise Edition for Windows Changes
- Trial license period increased to 14 days.
- FIXED: Potential socket-leak in both server & viewer in some circumstances.
- FIXED: VNC Viewer fails to restore from Minimized when scrollbars are in use.
- FIXED: VNC Config fails to update NT Authentication settings on Apply.
VNC Enterprise Edition for Unix Changes
- Xvnc now uses the better supported & more stable "fb" back-end, rather than cfb.
- The RENDER extension is now fully supported by both Xvnc and vnc.so.
- Default font paths now match those of standard HP-UX and Solaris X servers.
- Default session manager is now CDE under HP-UX and Solaris.
- Xvnc now provides full OpenGL support (except under HP-UX).
- VNC Viewer provides FixSunKeys, to cope with Sun keyboard layout quirks.
- FIXED: vncserver can fail to launch Xvnc when run as root, or without suid-root.
VNC Enterprise Edition 4.1.7
General Features and Improvements from VNC Enterprise Edition 4.1.6
- Server identities are now verified based on supplied hostname, rather than their address.
- HTTP server (used to serve VNC Viewer for Java) is now non-blocking.
- Preliminary support for IPv6 on Windows & Linux platforms.
- Optimised desktop resize/switch handling.
- Optimised timer subsystem.
- FIXED: vncpasswd command potential segfault.
- FIXED: Viewer crash when receiving excessively large cursor for local cursor rendering.
VNC Enterprise Edition for Windows Changes
- Viewer running on 2K/XP can now Single Sign On to NT4 systems.
- Viewer scale-to-window snaps to actual size of desktop when resizing.
- Server Relative Pointer Motion improved to be compatible with cursor-warping applications.
- Server now handles dynamic keyboard layout changes within applications.
- Keyboard input now supports languages using non-ISO-Latin-1 characters, e.g. Hebrew.
- FIXED: Server not removing desktop wallpaper until after initial screen update.
- FIXED: Viewer failure to restore to full-screen mode after Show the Desktop used.
- FIXED: Viewer Scale to Window failure to Preserve Aspect Ratio on first use.
- FIXED: Viewer unable to continue connecting when .vnc file contains mismatched identity.
- FIXED: Viewer F8 menu ticks becoming out of date.
- FIXED: Viewer hang when second viewer run using New Connection option.
- FIXED: Viewer crash when clipboard changes while AutoReconnect dialog displayed.
- FIXED: Various listening viewer bugs, including reloading of defaults & listener shutdown.
- FIXED: Problems loading password-less VNC 3 configuration files.
VNC Enterprise Edition for Unix Changes
- vnc.so module now supports VNC options in nested "Module" section of config.
- Xvnc, vnc.so and x0vncserver can now serve HTTP and RFB on the same port (One-port mode).
- Xvnc and vnc.so are now capable of having their listening ports changed on the fly.
- FIXED: X server "Smart Scheduling" preventing ClientWaitTimeMillis from being applied.
- FIXED: License management directory created with incorrect permissions.
- FIXED: Server reverse-connections prevented by X server's "Smart Scheduling".
VNC Enterprise Edition 4.1.6
VNC Enterprise Edition Core Changes
- FIXED: Auto-Select bandwidth detection overestimate on slow connections.
VNC Enterprise Edition for Windows Changes
- FIXED: VNC Viewer repeated key generation prompt when first used.
- FIXED: Single Sign-On failure over unencrypted sessions.
VNC Enterprise Edition 4.1.5
VNC Enterprise Edition for Windows Changes
- "Query only if logged on" now available even on Windows 9x/Me/NT4/2000.
- FIXED: NT Logon Authentication (including Single Sign-On) session logging issues.
- FIXED: Tray icon tooltip contents wrong when server only accepting localhost connections.
- FIXED: Clipboard failure to handle ISO-8859-1 correctly.
- FIXED: VNC Viewer crash when saving .vnc Configuration files.
VNC Enterprise Edition 4.1.4
General Features and Improvements from VNC Enterprise Edition 4.1.3
- Accented characters in clipboard data are now officially supported, using ISO Latin 1.
VNC Enterprise Edition for Windows Changes
- Single sign-on is now supported, using a logged-in user's existing credentials to authenticate a VNC session.
- FIXED: Domain controller logging issues.
- FIXED: Viewer window placement and multi-monitor handling issues.
- FIXED: Server tray icon tooltip text missing or out of date.
- FIXED: Server failing to respect the Disable local inputs setting.
- FIXED: Server always enabling Active Desktop on disconnect.
- FIXED: Installer requiring reboot when replacing an active installation.
VNC Enterprise Edition 4.1—4.1.3
Features and Improvements from VNC Enterprise Edition 4.0
- 4.1.3: Improved VNCAuth authentication, to support default, admin, view-only and input-only users.
- 4.1.2: Connections rejected by QueryConnect are no longer blacklisted.
- 4.1.2: FIXED: Hook DLL resource-handling bug under Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000.
- 4.1.2: Java applet is now signed, allowing connection to other servers, saving of server identities and seamless integration with the local clipboard.
- 4.1: FIXED: Logging problems with Active Directory domain controllers.