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--- notes:remmina-vnc-raspberry [2020/07/17 09:55] – admin
+++ notes:remmina-vnc-raspberry [2024/08/09 18:00] (current) – minor edit admin
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 ====== Connect to Raspberry Pi OS via VNC using Remmina ======
--- //Tested with **Raspberry Pi OS** on **July 2020**// --
+-- //Tested with **Raspberry Pi OS** (buster) on **July 2020**// --
+-- //Updated for **Raspberry Pi OS** (>=bullseye) on **August 2024**// --
 When trying to connect from your Linux machine using Remmina to a Raspberry Pi running Raspberry PI OS with RealVNC enabled you get the error
   Unknown authentication scheme from VNC server: 13, 5, 6, 130, 192
-RealVNC only supports a few security schemes. ''Authentication=VncAuth'' seems to be the only scheme that allows direct connections from VNC-compatible Viewer projects from third parties. In order to change to VncAuth scheme in your Raspbian and set a password to accept connections from Remmina VNC plugin, open a SSH session (or a terminal window) on the Raspberry and generate your VNC password with:
+RealVNC only supports a few security schemes. ''Authentication=VncAuth'' seems to be the only scheme that allows direct connections from VNC-compatible Viewer projects from third parties. In order to change to VncAuth scheme in your Raspbian and set a password to accept connections from Remmina VNC plugin, open a SSH session (or a terminal window) on the Raspberry and generate your VNC password.
+If you are using a recent version of Rasberry Pi OS, run the command:
+  sudo vncpasswd -service -legacy
+otherwise, just run:
   sudo vncpasswd -service
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 Now, edit the file /root/.vnc/config.d/vncserver-x11
-  sudo geany /root/.vnc/config.d/vncserver-x11
+  sudo nano /root/.vnc/config.d/vncserver-x11
 and add the following line at the end of the file:
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   Authentication=VncAuth
-(''c3abbea3b003a0b231737c0541892d72'' is the encrypted version of ''raspberry'')
+''c3abbea3b003a0b231737c0541892d72'' is the encrypted version of ''raspberry''; your line will be different.
+If you are using a recent version of Raspberry Pi OS, also add the following line at the end of the file:
+  Encryption=PreferOn
-Eventually, restart the VNC server service with
+After these edits (not before!), restart the VNC server service with
   sudo systemctl restart vncserver-x11-serviced
 and you are ready to connect to you Raspberry Pi using Remmina.