Vine Server Release Notes
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1. Modified by Jonathan Gillaspie with Redstone Software Inc osxvnc redstonesoftware com New With Tiger Multiple Mac OS X Desktops Please read this separate guide to Multiple Desktop Sessions on Mac OS 10 4 TIGER Improved default preferences to work best for Multiple Mac OS X Desktops Fixed color mapping problems for Intel Macs Fixed a problem with the startup script being unable to kill running Startup Items Fixed a problem with the startup item not supporting Rendezvous Fixed a problem where changing only the bit depth on the local machine resulted in bad data being sent to client Fixed a crashing disconnect bug with certain animated cursors Added Auto to display number port selection 0 from command line this will find the first open port 5900 5909 Added support to update the IP and Host Name sections when network changes 10 4 Only Added RFB support for protocol version 003 008 Added IPv6 Support 10 2 Only Special Thanks To Jens Uwe Mager for the patch Added TCP_NODELAY on socket to improve performance particularly with 2vnc type applications Added a backwards compatibility flag rendezvous VNC for old rendezvous service name Added Japanese Localization Special Thanks to Aaron Madlon Kay Version 1 5 Released 2 1 2005 Modified by Jonathan Gillaspie with Redstone Software Inc osxvnc redstonesoftware com Added support for Server Side Scaling Both PalmVNC and UltraVNC style Special Thanks To Noriak2. 1 August 2007 Modified by Jonathan Gillaspie with Redstone Software Inc Added warnings when launching or setting a system server with no password set Added a new maxdepth argument to limit incoming connections Added a new maxauths to limit brute force VNC server attacks Fixed a problem with keyboard events being impacted by local modifer keys like CapsLock and Command Fixed a problem detecting self connection loops where we are providing our own Pasteboard Data Fixed a problem with multiple users launching the same copy of Vine Server Fixed a problem with launching Vine Server when our own Host Name can t be determined Host name is retrieved in a separate thread to prevent hanging the app when DNS isn t setup Version 2 1 Improvements to performance when accessing clipboard data Removed spurious log messages when accessing clipboard dat Changed install permissions to 755 for increased security Defaults to storing the osxvncauth files to the users home directory Released 5 December 2006 Modified by Jonathan Gillaspie amp Doug Simons with Redstone Software Inc Version 2 0 Fixed a problem with Host Name Lookups when doing Reverse Connections Fixes to move all clipboard interaction through main thread required for 10 2 support and better all around behavior Fix to improper behavior when changing the display number to Auto Improved support for 10 1 and below by adding a dynamically loadable call to the CG
3. MainDisplay function Much improved Rich Pasteboard support for 10 2 10 3 and for interactions with those versions and 10 4 Fixed a crash when multiple threads accessed the pasteboard variables Fixed a crash accessing client pasteboard data after it s been cleared Fix to not retaining the COPY string when it s put to the pasteboard Fix for one of many pasteboard files when we can t read the file Improvements to detecting self connection loops where we are providing our own Pasteboard Data Released 1 November 2006 Modified by Jonathan Gillaspie with Redstone Software Inc Renamed the server wrapper to correspond to it s companion Vine Viewer http www redstonesoftware com products vine for more information Added Rich Clipboard Support for Mac OS X Vine Server now includes a User Manual Thanks to Pamela Gillaspie Incorporated a much better keep alive script for the System Server Thanks to Marvin Simkin Improved Performance on 10 4 systems by un registering for notifications when server has no clients connected Fixed a compatibility problem running on 10 1 5 Fixed InfoPlist encoding Removed Host Name IP Address Display when none are found Added German Localization Thanks To J rg Mehring Added Italian Localization Thanks to Claudio and Creative Shield http shieldnet tk Improved Some Japanese Localized Strings Thanks to Hiroshi Saito Version 1 71 Released 01 26 2006 Modified by Jonathan Gillasp
4. Vine Server 3 11 Release Notes Version 3 11 Released 12 October 2009 Modified by Jonathan Gillaspie with TestPlant Inc Note This release supports 10 3 9 and above PPC and Intel Fixed a number of international keyboards that had a small number of keys not mapped like i and in French Fixed a compile level problem that caused a crash when using ZRLE encoding Version 3 1 Released 01 June 2009 Modified by Jonathan Gillaspie with TestPlant Inc Note This release supports 10 3 9 and above PPC and Intel Added an advanced preference to specify which event source Vine Server should register with 10 4 Added an advanced preference to use OpenGL to capture the display best on newer Intel hardware 10 4 Moved Keyboard Events selector to Advanced Settings Fixed a problem running on 10 3 9 Fixed a problem auto launching the server from GUI when Vine Server was set to Auto Hide Fixed a problem not honoring the selection to disable Bonjour Fixed a problem with Require SSH not being stored correctly for System Server Fixed a problem with server shutting down after a logout Fixed a number of international keyboards that had a small number of keys not mapped like i in Belgian o in Swiss etc Fixed an occasional problem sending rich cursors to the remote system Fixed an occasional problem not sending the right information on a copy cut Fixed a problem with Echoware bundle loaded twice Version 3 0 Released 17 Dec 2007 Mo
5. dified by Jonathan Gillaspie with Redstone Software Inc Note This release supports 10 3 9 and above PPC and Intel International Interfaces haven t been converted to the new interface as they become available we will post them Added support for Leopard System Servers Interface Cleaned up interface by introducing a basic control panel and moving settings to dedicate Preference Pane Moved View Log and Reverse Connection to menus Added Reporting for Client Connection List and icon badging in Leopard Added external IP lookup and ability to verify access to your VNC server from detected IPs Always allow a server restart from the UI Panel to prevent accidentally quitting Vine Server when users are connected Startup Better IP and DNS resolution so that initial startup is not delayed as can happen on Leopard Added LaunchD support for the System Server on 10 5 Fixed a Leopard issue with displaying an extra icon Added better versioning AVS VNC Server Added support for Unicode keyboard 10 4 Added support to detect keyboard type 10 4 Added support to control where events enter the system Event Taps 10 4 Fixed a bug auto detecting the proper port when SSH only was checked Fixed a lockup problem in the OSXvnc server process that could occur with Rich Clipboard Support enabled Fixed a problem repeatedly trying to send an empty clipboard buffer Fixed a bug with restoring otherArguments from defaults Version 2 2 Released
6. han Gillaspie amp Doug Simons with Redstone Software Inc osxvnc redstonesoftware com VNC Server will restart if the screen resolution Changes Now sends updates on request as per protocol Now Handles Pasteboard events Now correctly handles multiple connections Now stores setting in preferences Now pulls host name for default display Now defaults to display numer 0 Port 5900 Doesn t launch second icon to dock Now able to swap mouse 2 3 for Right Clicks Allows Disabling Remote Keyboard and Mouse Allows Autostart server on launch Version 0 7 Released 4 23 2002 Modified by Mahmud Haque mahmud bem tmc edu Add support for zlib and tight encoding codes from Tightvnc source Add support for zlibhex encoding codes from Tridia source Version 0 6 Released 5 14 2001 Add support for controlling display dimming and sleep based on patch submitted by Jed Davis lt jldavis cs oberlin edu gt A dimmed display now wakes up when there is VNC input Various minor UI fixes remove console debugging output add 0 to the list of display numbers change default display name to Mac OS X don t leave the UI disabled when the server dies unexpectedly Version 0 5 released 4 25 2001 Initial release Things To Do Still to do Bundles performance optimization Move Disable Logic To Puma Bundle Necessary for 10 0 Mouse Cursor Occasional cursor artifacts disabling cursor display didn t seem to help Problem with partial transparency on c
7. i Yamazaki Administrator of micro VNC Hitachi System amp Service Ltd Added command line support for Reverse connections Special Thanks to Mark Lentczner Added French Localization Special Thanks to Pascal Frey Switch Rendezvous zero conf support to use _rfb _tcp for compatibility with other servers Turned KeyboardLoading OFF by default since it is currently detrimental for international keyboard users Fixed a problem doing startup on OSX 10 1 5 Fixed a problem doing startup on OSX 10 4 TIGER Fixed a crashing bug with pasteboard access when multiple clients are connected Added special psuedo encoding so OSXvnc can report when it s clipboard is inaccessible Version 1 4 Released 8 17 2004 Modified by Jonathan Gillaspie with Redstone Software Inc osxvnc redstonesoftware com Added Rendezvous zero conf support using _vnc _tcp VNC Discovery will work with Chicken of The VNC and Eggplant Fixed a problem where the Never Share Connection option was being ignored from the GUI Fixed a problem where a spurious 0 file was created when running the startup script Fixed a problem where the keep alive script wouldn t shutdown properly on unrecoverable errors Version 1 33 Released 3 18 2004 item Modified by Jonathan Gillaspie with Redstone Software Inc osxvnc redstonesoftware com Added support for pressing Keypad keys Fixed a small problem with depth being reported as 32 for 24 bit screens Added a noupdate
8. ie with Redstone Software Inc Version 1 7 osxvnc redstonesoftware com Added support for ISO Latin Clipboards as per RFB Spec 3 8 Compatible with TightVNC Fixed a problem with the Startup Item Shutting down after a user logout Fixed a problem for Startup Item with spaces in the Display Name Fixed a problem reporting default DeferUpdate timer value Fixed problems compiling for Intel Macs on PPC Macs Released 01 06 2006 Modified by Jonathan Gillaspie with Redstone Software Inc osxvnc redstonesoftware com Added GUI Support to Establish Reverse Connections to listening VNC Viewers You can now add as many listening hosts as you want directly from the GUI Converted OSXvnc to a full Universal Binary For Improved Intel performance Added a mode to force backward compatibility to older protocol versions 3 3 Added a flag to disable the screen saver while clients are connected Fixed a problem with screen updates on INTEL Prerelease 10 4 2 and above Fixed a problem with Jaguar Extensions Bonjour when first Configuring the Startup Item worked on subsequent boots Fixed a problem with the ConnectHost option when specifying IPv4 addresses or host names which resolved to IPv4 Fixed a problem where the application could user CPU cycles even when no user was connected Fixed a problem with IPv6 host names not showing up Fixed a problem with repeated crashes not exiting the keep alive script Version 1 61 Released 8 3 2005
9. ngs for clipboard contents with non roman characters Setup run loop to only poll screen when clients are connected for improved performance Change to place temporary files in tmp if the application package is not writable 10 2 only Version 1 11 Released 1 18 2003 Modified by Jonathan Gillaspie with Redstone Software Inc osxvnc redstonesoftware com Contributions from OSXvncPlus by Steven Tamm Contributions from OSXvnc 0 8 by Mihai Parparita Cool Icon Contributed by Martin Goneau http www goneau com Included Starupltems folder for Startup on System Boot Version 1 11 of Starupltems Script will relaunch after a user logout GUI will now offer Server Restart when appropriate OSXvnc now supports Scroll Wheel Mice compliant with RealVNC 3 3 5 OSXvnc now supports ZRLE encoding compliant with RealVNC 3 3 4 8 Bit color now works Can optionally set to allow only local connections useful with SSH Updated FAQ with lots of useful information Enhanced Keyboard Mapping Performance Now compatible with all versions of Chicken of the VNC Fixed which caused pointer events to be locked out and occasionally not recognized Fixed to a problem when multiple clients were using encodings that use Zlib compression Fixed to a problem where changing screen resolution didn t work if launched command line Fixed to the Zero Size Rect Fixed to the default keymapping for and keys Version 1 0 Released 9 26 2002 Modified by Jonat
10. onathan Gillaspie with Redstone Software Inc osxvnc redstonesoftware com Fixed problem with Startup Scripts not able to handle spaces in path Fixed problem with Startupltem not starting up on some systems due to incorrect Startupltem plist Fixed problem with connecting to some clients when running on 10 1 5 Unknown Auth Type Fixed crashing bug when a non ZRLE client disconnected Fixed problem with GUI autorestart flag not always restarting Clarify Screen Resolution changed message Added a restartonuserswitch command line flag to quit the server and allow it to be restarted on a user switch Improved performance with respect to registering for local screen updates Win2VNC and X2VNC Change to help with Mac OS stuttering when no clients are connected Version 1 3 Released 9 17 2003 server Modified by Jonathan Gillaspie with Redstone Software Inc osxvnec redstonesoftware com OSXvnc GUI has been broken out to allow for more options and to match Preference Panes more closely Added GUI controls to set for System Startup Up Including Authentication WARNING OSXvnc run at StartUp Does NOT have pasteboard synchronization Added Mac OS X Cursor Support Added RichCursorSupport RFB 3 7 Tight Added CursorPositionUpdate Support Tight Supports Dynamic Screen Sizing Clients need no longer reconnect after a screen size change RFB 3 7 Fixed crashing bug where certain unknown keys would crash OSXvnc Fixed problem with Shift Tab sent f
11. rom OS X being ignored as an End Of Medium character when it didn t crash the whole Fixed problem with OSXvnc causing machine interruptions when no clients connected by disabling poll for ScreenUpdates Bug 770661 Now Attempting to pass the CGCharCode reports that this improves stability no crashing during key events like Return Added Bundle Loading to hopefully allow OSXvnc to run on 10 0 and use 10 2 and 10 3 specific enhancements Fixed an occasional problem sending a rectangle without having accounted for it Fixed a rare bug where it was occasionally possible for clients to miss a copy event which occurred on the server Fixed so that scroll wheel events don t leak by adding NSAutoreleasePool Bug 760383 Fixed some pasteboard problems with non text put to pasteboard Minor Performance improvements for delay between thread notifications Version 1 2 Released 5 7 2003 an RFB Modified by Jonathan Gillaspie with Redstone Software Inc osxvnc redstonesoftware com Improvements to Startupltems script for Startup on System Boot Fixed so that client keys which are being held down by a client will be released when the client disconnects Fixed pasteboard bug where Server Cut Text event was being sent only in response to screen updates and sometimes within Fixed problem where server sometimes says it needs to restart when nothing changed Fixed an occassional Crash on Disconnect in 10 1 Fixed a problem with lossy conversion to CStri
12. s flag for users of x2vnc or win2vnc Fixed a password problem with startup item which sometimes used tmp osxvncauth now this file is written with the startup Fixed a problem with with the auto restart script on 10 2 8 Server now returns a negative number for unrecoverable errors to tell the restart script to not try to restart it Improved timing of Startup Item creation so that all authorized calls finish before we proceed Improved scripts to use AWK more efficiently Fixed permissions on Startup Item Added a restart directive to the startup item Added the PasswordFile default to override where password file is stored for GUI Added the LogFile default to override where password file is stored for GUI Version 1 32 Released 12 12 2003 Modified by Jonathan Gillaspie with Redstone Software Inc osxvnc redstonesoftware com Fixed problem with Idle clients being disconnected Added Host Names and IP Addresses to the General Tab Added a remove Startup Item button Added GUI support to terminate connections after a Fast User Switch still working on better reconnect behavior Authentications now persist in OSXvnc GUI Moved to XCode and fixed some compile problems and backwards compatibility issues Fixed a problem with restartonuserswitch Flag not recognizing yes Yes Added defaults to override log and password file locations of GUI LogFile and PasswordFile respectively Version 1 31 Released 12 02 2003 Modified by J
13. ursors displayed using threshold Fix so that server doesn t die when user logs out Tried using demonize didn t seem to fix it think it needs to be the run loop which shuts down Option to set background to Black on Connect System Library Frameworks ScreenSaver framework Resources ScreenSaverEngine app Contents Mac0S ScreenSaverEngine background module amp Disable the screen blanking screen saver while people are connected It does some of this must verify Fix bug when running with local screen in 256 Color Mode Fix bug in CORRE Support For Multiple Physical Displays Have some basics in but haven t resolved dealing with the multiple screens as part of a larger screen area need to translate events etc Replace localhost with full vncauth file Add inetd xinetd support So OSXvnc will startup when a request comes in Look in RealVNC 4 0 for example Add Send Full Screen Mode Useful for things like Keynote which bypasses CGRemoteOperations API Possibly Detect when machine enters such a mode ie starts running Keynote Paint in Local Mouse Cursor Option Try using the rfbLocalBuffer logic BUT instead of running the whole screen through that Just send an update for cursor position when cursor moves Or when other updates go out
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