vnc completly broken after todays update #174

sgalke · 2023-12-14T22:56:40Z

vnc is no longer operational, neither real-vnc nor wayvnc.
bookworm 32-bit and 64-bit, hardware 4b, 5b

raspi-config reports red-colored errors :
Failed to stop wayvnc.service: Unit wayvnc.service not loaded.
Failed to enable unit: Unit file wayvnc.service does not exist.

fresh install did not help. same desaster after update....

sgalke · 2023-12-14T23:44:17Z

"todays update" was:

gir1.2-gtk-3.0/stable 1:3.24.38-2~~deb12u1+rpt3+rpi1 arm64 [aktualisierbar von: 1:3.24.38-2~~deb12u1+rpt1+rpi1]
gir1.2-handy-1/stable 1.8.1-1+rpt3 arm64 [aktualisierbar von: 1.8.1-1+rpt1]
gtk-update-icon-cache/stable 1:3.24.38-2~~deb12u1+rpt3+rpi1 arm64 [aktualisierbar von: 1:3.24.38-2~~deb12u1+rpt1+rpi1]
libgtk-3-0/stable 1:3.24.38-2~~deb12u1+rpt3+rpi1 arm64 [aktualisierbar von: 1:3.24.38-2~~deb12u1+rpt1+rpi1]
libgtk-3-common/stable,stable 1:3.24.38-2~~deb12u1+rpt3+rpi1 all [aktualisierbar von: 1:3.24.38-2~~deb12u1+rpt1+rpi1]
libhandy-1-0/stable 1.8.1-1+rpt3 arm64 [aktualisierbar von: 1.8.1-1+rpt1]
pixflat-icons/stable,stable 0.23 all [aktualisierbar von: 0.21]
raspi-config/stable,stable 20231214 all [aktualisierbar von: 20231108]
xserver-common/stable,stable 2:21.1.7-3+rpt1+deb12u3 all [aktualisierbar von: 2:21.1.7-3+rpt1+deb12u2]
xserver-xorg-core/stable 2:21.1.7-3+rpt1+deb12u3 arm64 [aktualisierbar von: 2:21.1.7-3+rpt1+deb12u2]

themicro1 · 2023-12-15T07:43:08Z

Same here.
Solution for now:
Create file /etc/xdg/autostart/wayvnc.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=wayvnc
Comment=Start wayvnc
NoDisplay=true
Exec=/usr/bin/wayvnc --render-cursor 
OnlyShowIn=wayfire

Don't use raspi-config until this ist fixed ;)

sgalke · 2023-12-15T08:54:31Z

@themicro1:
folder /home/pi/.config/wayvnc is also missing after fresh installation.
i copied it from a not-already-updated system.
with your (partly) solution and the missing folder (and its contents) vnc is up again.
thank you!

nithyaatrify · 2023-12-15T10:39:13Z

Yep, VNC not operational.
Any updates? wayvnc.service does not exist is the error

XECDesign · 2023-12-15T10:45:35Z

I think the issue is that we shipped RPi-Distro/raspi-config#226 without having the pre-requisites for it in place.

@spl237 Is that something that's ready to go, or do we need to revert that PR merge?

nithyaatrify · 2023-12-15T13:32:12Z

Yep, VNC not operational. Any updates? wayvnc.service does not exist is the error

The legacy version seems to be working fine

sgalke · 2023-12-15T13:37:04Z

The legacy version seems to be working fine

that does not help for rpi models 5.

spl237 · 2023-12-15T15:40:55Z

I think the issue is that we shipped RPi-Distro/raspi-config#226 without having the pre-requisites for it in place.

@spl237 Is that something that's ready to go, or do we need to revert that PR merge?

As far as I know, those changes aren't ready yet, so that change will need to be reverted for now. (I didn't realise you were going to release it... ;) )

apulache · 2023-12-15T16:29:43Z

I can confirmed that the solution proposed here didn't work on Raspberry Pi 5, any instructions to remove the packages causing the issues or revert back?
Thanks in advance!

apulache · 2023-12-15T16:45:37Z

Here is a temporal fix for Raspberry Pi 5 using Raspberry Pi OS, it worked for me.

Re-install manually the previous version for raspi-config
I've got it from the repos: https://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/pool/main/r/raspi-config/raspi-config_20231108_all.deb
Enable VNC using the GUI : Menu -> Preferences -> Raspberry Pi Configuration -> Interfaces
Just in case reboot
Then VNC should be working again

Be aware not to update raspi-config at least we know this version cause the problems
raspi-config_20231214_all.deb 2023-12-14 14:40 29K

sgalke · 2023-12-15T16:52:22Z

@nithyaatrify:

tested with fresh install & recomended update:
vnc under legacy wayland does not work. the same missing files / directory. other (minor?) wayland problems: desktop appearance not costomizable, etc ... (no fun, unusable, i am tired now, please test yourself, sorry...)

vnc with wayland turned off under legacy (bullseye) works.

OwenTea11 · 2023-12-15T22:03:30Z

Same here. Solution for now: Create file /etc/xdg/autostart/wayvnc.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=wayvnc
Comment=Start wayvnc
NoDisplay=true
Exec=/usr/bin/wayvnc --render-cursor 
OnlyShowIn=wayfire
Don't use raspi-config until this ist fixed ;)

Apologies for the noob question but where should I create this file? And is it just a text file?

Thank you!

hlipnick · 2023-12-16T16:17:55Z

Here is a temporal fix for Raspberry Pi 5 using Raspberry Pi OS, it worked for me.

Re-install manually the previous version for raspi-config

I've got it from the repos: https://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/pool/main/r/raspi-config/raspi-config_20231108_all.deb

Enable VNC using the GUI : Menu -> Preferences -> Raspberry Pi Configuration -> Interfaces

Just in case reboot

Then VNC should be working again

Be aware not to update raspi-config at least we know this version cause the problems raspi-config_20231214_all.deb 2023-12-14 14:40 29K

This worked perfectly on a new Raspberry Pi 5. Thank you!

Also just adding for anyone not familiar with installing .deb files, this worked for me:

Open the temp directory: cd /tmp
Download the .deb file for the old raspi-config: curl -OJL "https://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/pool/main/r/raspi-config/raspi-config_20231108_all.deb"
Install the old version: sudo apt install ./raspi-config_20231108_all.deb

sgalke · 2023-12-16T17:08:50Z

the latest upgrade raspi_config_20231216 restores at least the status quo ante - vnc is operational again.
there are some minor error left - but no longer completly broken.
thanks!!
issue closed.

kventil · 2024-01-23T07:58:21Z

Ran in the same issue with raspi_config_20240108. The Solution provided by @themicro1 worked for me to get vnc up and running again.

Same here. Solution for now: Create file /etc/xdg/autostart/wayvnc.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=wayvnc
Comment=Start wayvnc
NoDisplay=true
Exec=/usr/bin/wayvnc --render-cursor 
OnlyShowIn=wayfire
Don't use raspi-config until this ist fixed ;)

lurch · 2024-01-24T13:44:18Z

@kventil Have you also updated the wayvnc package? Since the last comment in this issue, it has now been updated to be managed by systemd, rather than XDG autostart files.
So could you please try:

sudo rm /etc/xdg/autostart/wayvnc.desktop
sudo reboot
dpkg -l wayvnc
systemctl status wayvnc

Thanks.

jimmusson · 2024-01-24T19:43:10Z

The legacy version works fine on pi5 (64 bit)

kventil · 2024-01-25T08:41:06Z

@kventil Have you also updated the wayvnc package? Since the last comment in this issue, it has now been updated to be managed by systemd, rather than XDG autostart files. So could you please try:
1. `sudo rm /etc/xdg/autostart/wayvnc.desktop`

2. `sudo reboot`

3. `dpkg -l wayvnc`

Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version      Architecture Description
+++-==============-============-============-================================================
ii  wayvnc         0.8.0-rc0-2  arm64        VNC server for wlroots-based Wayland compositors

4. `systemctl status wayvnc`

● wayvnc.service - VNC Server
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/wayvnc.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Thu 2024-01-25 09:39:09 CET; 2s ago
       Docs: man:wayvnc
   Main PID: 6410 (sh)
      Tasks: 6 (limit: 4444)
        CPU: 144ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/wayvnc.service
             ├─6410 /bin/sh /usr/sbin/wayvnc-run.sh
             └─6414 wayvnc --render-cursor --detached --config /etc/wayvnc/config --socket /tmp/wayvnc/wayvncctl.sock

Jan 25 09:39:08 diveramonitor systemd[1]: Starting wayvnc.service - VNC Server...
Jan 25 09:39:09 diveramonitor systemd[1]: Started wayvnc.service - VNC Server.

Looking okay to me. (Have now another issue with wayland but that's unreladted to vnc)

salasidis · 2024-04-20T17:57:14Z

@kventil Have you also updated the wayvnc package? Since the last comment in this issue, it has now been updated to be managed by systemd, rather than XDG autostart files. So could you please try:

sudo rm /etc/xdg/autostart/wayvnc.desktop

sudo reboot

dpkg -l wayvnc

systemctl status wayvnc

Thanks.

I needed to run

systemctl status wayvnc

Then VNC connections were possible

andrum993 mentioned this issue Dec 15, 2023

Enabling/disabling VNC for wayland desktop does nothing since wayvnc unit file does not exist RPi-Distro/raspi-config#229

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vnc completly broken after todays update #174

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