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GUACAMOLE-1499: Mention some caveats with VNC #181

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Expand Up @@ -435,6 +435,10 @@ VNC support for Guacamole is provided by the libguac-client-vnc library, which
will be installed as part of guacamole-server if the required dependencies are
present during the build.

VNC by itself does not provide file transfer, so you must use sftp (as
described in [](common-sftp)) if you want to provide file upload or
download in Guacamole.

:::{note}
In addition to the VNC-specific parameters below, Guacamole's VNC support also
accepts the parameters of several features that Guacamole provides for multiple
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -750,6 +754,12 @@ only be accessed via VNC, one of these is likely your best choice. Both
optimize window movement and (depending on the application) scrolling, giving a
very responsive user experience.

On Ubuntu Linux version 18.04, the package
`tigervnc-standalone-server` does not support clipboard (copy/paste)
functionality. The `tigervncserver` packages provided by the TigerVNC
project (https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/stable/) do
support clipboard operations.

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My thought, here, is that, instead of trying to cover what the capabilities of specific distributions, versions, and VNC servers support, it might be better go more generic. Something more like Your distribution and VNC server may not support clipboard functionality - please check the documentation or locate a VNC server/version that does.

I'm just not sure the Guacamole Manual is the place to try to document (and keep up-to-date) the capabilities of various distributions and VNC servers. I don't think that'll scale well :-).

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Yes, I hear you. But there is not other documentation to check, and how is one supposed to "find one that does". I don't know what causes a VNC server to have clipboard functionality that works or doesn't with guacamole, but it's certainly not something they document in a clear way! Would a "known good" / "known missing some functionality" list be more palatable? It would at least be less wordy.

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I think I'd be okay with a couple of lists like that - these VNC servers are known to work, these are not, etc.

##### TightVNC

TightVNC is widely-available and performs generally as well as RealVNC or
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