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====== Connect to Raspberry Pi OS via VNC using Remmina ======

-- //Tested with **Raspberry Pi OS** on **July 2020**// --

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:

  sudo vncpasswd -service

Now, edit the file /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:

  Authentication=VncAuth

Now your config file should look more or less like mine:

  _AnlLastConnTime=int64:0000000000000000
  _LastUpdateCheckSuccessTime=int64:01d65c12272dff1a
  _LastUpdateCheckTime=int64:01d65c12272dff1a
  Password=c3abbea3b003a0b231737c0541892d72
  Authentication=VncAuth

''c3abbea3b003a0b231737c0541892d72'' is the encrypted version of ''raspberry''; your line will be different.

Eventually, restart the VNC server service with

  sudo systemctl restart vncserver-x11-serviced

and you are ready to connect to you Raspberry Pi using Remmina.