TightVNC (or other windows VNC viewer) connecting to OS LION

I was trying to figure out how to connect to my Macbook using "Screen sharing" from my windows PC.

I was suffering the same problems as discussed here: any windows VNC client just shows a "gray" screen with no way to get to the actual screen.

After some digging on the internet, tried {tight!real!any}VNC client, I figure out how to actually PASS THE LOGIN screen:

JUST TYPE YOUR USERNAME and PASSWORD

Bum, the screen comes magically on the remote viewer!!!

Caveats: you must set a vnc password in the Screen Sharing preference panel:

- click on computer setting

-select "VNC viewers may control screen with password" => insert the password

It then allows you to connect to the VNC server on your Lion PC. Once the "gray" screen is shown, type your username and pwd...

Hope this helps.

Hi,

I'm trying to login multi-user into my own Macbook.

What I mean is, on my macbook start a session logged in as another user on my own macbook.

Using JollysfastVNC I can do this, but its terribly slow, like unusable slow. Tried changing the color depth and everything.

How can I fix this?

Running Lion on Mid-2009 Macbook Pro

Message was edited by: Tayne

@mikeypas:

Something else that has worked for me when running RealVNC Personal Edition (vP4.6.2):

Go to Options -> Connection

select 'Shared connection (do not disconnect other VNC Viewers)'

Now try connecting in.

Someone has filed a bug for this (according to our Apple rep) and they are currently 'evaluating it'. ;-)

The easiest way for me, albeit probably not the most convenient, is to use a Linux VM. Download Oracle Virtualbox (free), download the latest edition of Ubuntu desktop ISO (again, free). Mount the image and install the base system. The VM requirements are low. I use 512Kb ram, 1 CPU core and 8Gb disk size. Make sure you install the virtualbox tools for screen scaling to work. After you're done, simply use the native remote desktop viewer. Typically I do vnc over ssh, but if you don't care about security you could always go straight in. It's never failed me and when I exit the vm, I just suspend it. This allows it to start up in mere seconds. Also, on my Android phone I've always used pocket cloud free...works great.

This will fix your problem:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3289794

Are you using the OS X authentication? It says that the new version supports Lion. I'm sure you have to actually setp OS X authentication, because otherwise just logging in regularly will not work.

Another option is to run WINE VNC server on the Mac and connect to that instead of the builtin Mac VNC server. The one for Lion is only beta currently tho

I dont believe there is a current solution for multiuser login from a PC to Lion, yet.

Multiuser login currently works from Mac to Mac, but not from PC to Mac

This worked for me as well. Thanks!!!

I tried everything but was getting gray screen. Marco202 's solution worked. Thanks for that. You don't need to enter user name, while on gray screen TYPE PASSWORD ONLY and hit enter.

Hi, Amazon Panda,

Thanks. Your solution works for me.

Another software that would work? Try deploying on premise remote support appliance such as RHUB or Bomgar appliances in order to establish remote connection between MAC and PC.