On 6/14/2019 5:46 AM, Gary Dale wrote: > I recently had the unpleasant experience of "upgrading" a pair of > Windows 7/Pro computers to Windows 10/Pro - the 9 month old version, not > the latest install image. That's when I discovered the Windows 10 > "feature" that it doesn't allow VNC connections when the monitor is > turned off (or not attached). > > I enabled Remote Desktop services on both machines and can connect to > them when the monitor is off using RDP. However, even though I installed > the same version of Windows 10/Pro on each, they behave differently. One > was a long drawn out slug fest to get the "upgrade" to work (it still is > having problems with roaming profiles) while the other was a > straightforward. > > I connect using an ssh tunnel to a stretch server with local port > forwarding so my connection is to localhost:3388. The ssh command > specifies the machine I want to connect to (e.g. ssh <remote ip> -L > 3388:10.0.0.25:3389). This way I never expose a Windows machine to the > Internet. The only way in is through the server. > > The machine that gave me the trouble on the upgrade connects without > problem using KDRC but not Remmina or Vinagre. The other computer > connects without a problem using Vinagre but not KDRC or Remmina. > > Remmina gives a message saying "Unable to connect to RDP server > localhost" when I try connecting to either machine. Vinagre on the first > machine brings up an authentication dialog then crashes. KDRC does the > same thing when I try to connect to the second machine. > > I'm probably going to "upgrade" both to the latest Windows 10 version in > the coming weeks, but for now I am puzzled about why I have to use 2 > different programs to connect to 2 machines that are largely identical. >
Not realy an answer, depending on what you need vnc for, one alternative would be to use Cygwin as an ssh server on the Windows boxes. I would not spend my time on non-up-to-date systems when Windows is involved, one can only hope that the issues you are facing are fixed on up-to-date Windows systems! :) -- John Doe
