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VNC 3.3.6 Known Bugs and Features
The following are known bugs and features in version 3.3.6.

Date ID Platform / Program Description Workaround Status
10 Oct 2002 6 Windows server The connection settings options do not take effect until a new connection is made. Remake the connection. Under consideration
18 Oct 2002 11 Windows server Inability to cause a remote reboot. If "Logoff Workstation" is selected "When Last Client Disconnects" in the server properties, and the server is sent a reboot request with Ctrl-Alt-Del etc, the VNC connection closes, the VNC server stops, but the machine does not reboot. Disable "Logoff Workstation" before rebooting remotely. Under investigation
14 Nov 2002 19 Windows server If there is a VNC connection active, then some VB ActiveX components may fail to initialise correctly. Find the Use_Deferral registry key in the VNCHooks Advanced Settings for the VB application affected and set it to 0. Under consideration
26 Nov 2002 26 Windows server On initial connection, the server sends a spurious black screen on connection. None Under consideration
3 Jan 2003 27 Windows server The server process may terminate without warning particularly on multi-processor machines. Caused by interactions between windows graphics primitives and threads. None Fixed in 3.3.7
10 Jan 2003 28 Unix viewer When displayed on a X server with 8-bit colour depth crashes or hangs. Use 3.3.5 viewer Fixed in 3.3.7
20 Jan 2003 29 Windows viewer Shutdown without warning in certain rare protocol error conditions. None Fixed in 3.3.7
6 Feb 2003 30 Windows server Screen update inaccuracies improved with more robust and reliable VNCHooks mechanism. None Improved in 3.3.7
27 Feb 2003 31 Windows viewer Unpredictable behaviour, most commonly truncation of password, in the password dialogue with passwords containing a character from the extended part of the Latin-1 character set (above 128). Avoid such characters. Fixed in 3.3.7
28 Feb 2003 32 Windows viewer Multiple listening viewers can be run on the same machine without clashing port numbers. See the -listen option in the viewer documentation. None Added in 3.3.7
3 Mar 2003 33 Windows viewer Bug in CoRRE decoding and rendering when connected to certain servers. Don't use CoRRE. Fixed in 3.3.7

If you encounter a bug with with VNC 3.3.6 which is not listed above, please see here.