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@dcommander dcommander released this 07 May 18:23
2.2.5
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  • turbovnc-2.2.5.tar.gz is the official source tarball for this release. The automatically generated "Source code" assets are not supported.
  • Refer to https://TurboVNC.org/Downloads/DigitalSignatures for information regarding the methods used to sign the files in this release and instructions for verifying the signatures.
  • The binary packages were built with libjpeg-turbo 2.0.4.

Support

Code Quality: Stable
Current Support Category: Extended

Documentation

User’s Guide for TurboVNC 2.2.5

Release Notes

Significant changes relative to 2.2.4:

  1. The value of the MenuKey parameter in the Java TurboVNC Viewer is now case-insensitive.

  2. Fixed several issues in the Java TurboVNC Viewer that prevented the configuration hierarchy (Options dialog > command line > previous settings) from being honored for certain parameters in some cases (particularly when using listen mode or making multiple connections from the same viewer instance.)

  3. Fixed an issue in the Java TurboVNC Viewer's built-in SSH client whereby the SSH host key for a given TurboVNC host was not added to the list of known hosts unless the SSH known hosts file (~/.ssh/known_hosts) already existed.

  4. Introduced a new Java system property (turbovnc.sshbannerdlg) that, when set to 0, causes the Java TurboVNC Viewer's built-in SSH client to display the SSH server's banner message on the command line rather than in a dialog box.

  5. Fixed an issue in the Java TurboVNC Viewer whereby, in listen mode, the full-screen mode setting did not take effect if it was changed in the Default Options dialog.

  6. The external SSH feature in the Java TurboVNC Viewer now redirects input and output from the SSH subprocess to the console that launched the viewer. In addition to allowing external SSH issues to be diagnosed more easily, this also allows interactive SSH authentication methods to be used on Windows. Furthermore, the Java TurboVNC Viewer now throws an error if the SSH subprocess fails to launch for any reason.

  7. Fixed visual artifacts that occurred when using Hextile encoding in the Java TurboVNC Viewer with OpenGL Java 2D blitting enabled (which is the default on Mac platforms.)

  8. Fixed an issue in the Windows TurboVNC Viewer whereby, in listen mode, the /jpeg, /nojpeg, and /quality command-line arguments did not take effect.

  9. The TurboVNC Viewer Options dialog can now be used to allow or disallow Alt-Enter as an alternate hotkey for toggling full-screen mode.

  10. Fixed an issue in the Windows TurboVNC Viewer whereby, if keyboard grabbing was enabled, using the Windows-L key sequence to lock the computer caused the Windows key (or its Un*x equivalent, the left Super key) to become stuck in the pressed state on the server. Fixed a similar issue in the Windows and Windows/Java TurboVNC Viewers whereby, if keyboard grabbing was enabled, using the Ctrl-Windows-Left or Ctrl-Windows-Right key sequence to switch virtual desktops caused the Windows key to become stuck in the pressed state on the client.

  11. Fixed an issue in the Windows/Java TurboVNC Viewer whereby, if keyboard grabbing was enabled, using Alt-Tab to select another window in the TurboVNC session sometimes caused the Tab key to become stuck in the pressed state on the server.

  12. Fixed multiple issues with the handling of X.509 certificates in the Java TurboVNC Viewer:

    • Fixed an issue whereby the viewer would not save an untrusted certificate if a different certificate with the same Distinguished Name (DN) had already been saved.
    • The viewer now throws an error if a certificate is not yet valid (i.e. if the start of its validity period is in the future), regardless of whether the certificate is trusted.
    • The viewer now asks for confirmation from the user before accepting an expired certificate, regardless of whether the certificate is trusted.
    • Fixed an issue whereby the viewer would not save an untrusted certificate if the saved certificates file already existed.
    • The viewer no longer displays a confirmation dialog if hostname verification fails for a saved certificate.

  13. Fixed an issue in the Java TurboVNC Viewer whereby None and VNC were effectively removed from the security types list after clicking "OK" in the TurboVNC Viewer Options dialog, if one of those security types had been specified in the SecurityTypes parameter along with one of the TLS* or X509* security types.

  14. The RPM and DEB packages generated by the TurboVNC build/packaging system now include a PolicyKit Local Authority (.pkla) file that prevents various authentication dialogs ("Authentication is required to create a color managed device", "Authentication is required to access the PC/SC daemon", "Authentication is required to refresh the system repositories") from popping up when using the GNOME 3 window manager with the TurboVNC Server on various Linux distributions.

  15. Fixed an issue in the Windows TurboVNC Viewer whereby keyboard grabbing was always initially disabled in the second and subsequent connections initiated by the viewer, regardless of the grab mode.

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