Releases · Xpra-org/xpra

08 Oct 02:17

totaam

v3.1.1

d84ac1a

v3.1.1

critical bugs:
- crashes during printer enumeration on MS Windows
- crashes when starting audio forwarding via the command line
- disable crashy ffmpeg codecs with 32-bit builds
- rencode DoS (MacOS and MS Windows binary builds)
- missing key events
server stalls:
- don't load menu data from the main thread
- don't query the list of printers from the main thread
build, packaging and platform fixes:
- Python 3.10 support
- default to using CUDA 11.4
- don't try to build NVENC against newer glibc headers (CUDA bug)
- support NVidia Ampere cards natively
- compatibility with experimental version of ffmpeg (GBRP9LE)
- more reliable git branch detection
- Linux distribution detection bug with Python 3 versions
- remove unnecessary runtime dependency on distutils
- clipboard support with python2 servers started from a Wayland environment
- corrupted cursors on MS Windows
- make it possible to bundle webcam support on MS Windows (still disabled by default)
- updated GStreamer dependencies
- the Debian package name we have to recommend is 'dnspython'
- generic / common RPM packages should not depend on Python 3
- use the correct /etc/default path for service configuration
- MacOS updates for GTK3 3.24.30: patches, dependencies
- MacOS packaging of the latest Python pillow with webp support
- add missing C++ files to source snapshots
- fixup some compatibility issues in previous backports
- clean generated Cython files (some pyd filenames have changed)
- use the versioned python interpreter for sourcing files (fix error on CentOS 8)
- locate libfakeXinerama more reliably (at build time)
- missing vpx support on CentOS 7.x
- libwebp 1.2.1
- pynvml 11.470.66
- patched rencode - override the buggy version from EPEL
- arm64 build and packaging tweaks
network:
- handle mmap client setup errors correctly
- mmap unix group lookup API
- support improved packet encoders
- use the correct exit code for encryption problems
- http script errors
- session 'name' server control command error
- use cryptographically secure random values with AES
- prevent DoS using unreasonably large number of key stretching iterations
- menu errors when there are active VNC connections
- stricter validation of raw packet indexes
- better compatibility with packet encoders (start menu, clipboard)
- reply with 404 if we don't find any data to send
- correctly parse ssh remote command output
- MacOS and MS Windows shadow servers missing the default TCP socket (port 14500)
authentication:
- stricter validation of challenge digest
- honour the socket-dirs option in authentication modules
- fallback to the current user if the one specified is invalid
encodings:
- correctly paint OpenGL scaled jpeg YUV screen updates
- error in 'void' paint handler (normally unused)
- sha1 data integrity checksum values
- re-enable non-fatal ffmpeg logging outside suppressed code blocks
- vpx encoder uninitialized variable undefined behaviour
- restrict the number of NVENC errors tagged as transient
- don't use AV sync for 'text', 'desktop' and 'picture' content types
window geometry:
- errors with StackMode requests
- size hints not being honoured in some rare cases
misc fixes:
- notifications should not override the exit code
- stop processing info requests when the server is exiting
- increase the maximum size of Xdummy resolutions (uses more memory)
- retry if we fail to load the list of windows the first time (seamless servers)
- missing notifications when failing to load the icon
- fix default values shown with 'xpra --help'
- try harder to exit the server cleanly (kill xvfb and dbus later)
- honour the force-replace-wm flag when upgrading
- some modifiers may not have matching key names (ie: VNC clients)
- don't expose xdg desktop entries that don't have a command to run
- smooth scrolling with GTK3 clients
- documentation, debugging, logging tweaks and fixes
- u2f tool error
- prefer https for links to the xpra.org website
- fix saving icons with gi bindings (Python 3)
- make it easier to run in a prefixed installation
- cursor regression with Python 2 builds
proxy fixes:
- preserve audio packets chunking (avoids an HTML5 client bug)
- avoid potential race conditions with video encoder re-framing
- try harder to find a usable session directory to use
audio fixes:
- ensure we always stop the 'new-stream' notification process
- remove aac codec flag causing compatibility errors
- fix sink test tool command line usage
'top' client:
- server errors when 'top' clients are connected
- handle unicode window names correctly
- threading fixes (screen corruption)
- latency shown as always zero
html5:
- less strict content security policy
- ensure the 'set-initial-position' attribute is initialized
- avoid sending window attributes set to 'None'
- fix lz4 with AES incompatibility
- log the reason when closing
- don't start a new session again when re-connecting
- don't try to re-connect when the server is shutting down
- re-connected session would lose its connection quickly
- keyboard layout mapping from browser language
- window snapping to the edge, wrong offset
- avoid triggering server side errors on OR windows

Assets 2

10 Aug 07:04

totaam

v4.2.2

645d032

v4.2.2

don't build ffmpeg codecs on i386 (crashy)
prevent crashes caused by svg conversion done in a thread
always stop the 'new-stream' notification process
prevent subprocesses from becoming zombies
clean server on 'stop' or 'exit'
fix application geometry issues
show correct default values with "xpra --help"
source and source-start errors on CentOS 8
stop responding to 'info' requests when shutting down
network layer:
- honour the packet-encoding and compressors options
- rencode packet encoder is not thread safe!
- packet errors with bencoder and None values
- don't assume the packet encoders handle bytes and / or strings
client issues:
- backwards compatibility with v3 servers for ssh start
- incorrect client exit code
- icon theme errors should not be fatal (triggered on MacOS)
subcommands:
- 'start-gui' invalid options shown
- 'sessions' and 'displays' subcommands do not need a display
- fix hidden 'wmname' utility subcommand
- many subcommands should send debug logging to stderr
platform issues:
- MacOS dock flickering with 'start-gui'
- MacOS splash screen hiding password prompts
menu loading:
- try harder to find valid menu entries to use
- skip entries that cannot be executed
- don't block the main thread when loading menus
xpra top:
- handle unicode window titles correctly
- fix screen corruption due to threading
- fix latency always showing as zero
packaging fixes:
- Debian packages now correctly use /etc/default for systemd service configuration
- MacOS updates for latest GTK3 builds
- add missing C++ files for MS Windows builds
- DEB missing dependency on gst-launch needed for silence detection
audio:
- pipeline errors with aac encoder
- X11 warning when starting microphone forwarding from the command line
minor / cosmetic fixes:
- cropped icons shown in html5 client connect page
- logging, error handling
- remove unused pulseaudio directories
- '1080p' resize-display string matching

Assets 2

11 Jul 04:14

totaam

v4.2.1

9a17541

v4.2.1

build and packaging fixes:
- missing dependencies
- nvjpeg DEB packaging
- OpenBSD build fix
- compilation errors on Ubuntu Bionic
- DEB packages were missing some files (fixes audio silence detection)
- correct DEB dependency on 'dns' module for SSHFP support
- remove unused outdated code
- remove runtime dependency on distutils for 'which'
- cryptic error when a pkg_config file is missing
proxy server:
- deadlocks when queues fill up too quickly
- honour mode and display
- disconnections under heavy load
MS Windows:
- spurious OpenGL warnings during sanity checks
- printer enumeration crash and stalls
- small cursors showing random pixel values
- updated MS Windows GStreamer module list
MacOS:
- MacOS GStreamer packaging of dylib modules, man page
- MacOS update to GTK 3.24.30
- MacOS Big Sur error with 'Xpra_Browser' subcommand
Network:
- fix RFB server protocol, sockets not timing out with VNC clients
- invalid error when bind option points to a directory
- detect wifi network connections more reliably
- fix 'xpra' packet type auto detection
- default to ssl-mode if the 'wss' socket option is not specified
- 'keydata' connection attribute should override other options
- correct exit code for encryption errors
Encodings:
- disable vaapi in ffmpeg codec by default (crashy / buggy)
- NVENC errors when retrying after a transient failure
- scroll detection bugs
- webp encoder invalid memory access (corruption)
notification forwarding errors with SVG icons
disable SVG icon resizing (potential crashes on some platforms)
missing log prefix for 'xpra recover' subcommand
faster server startup failures: don't wait for things that were not started (ie: audio)
fix commands started twice when upgrading (ie: ibus-daemon)
local start with explicit attach was broken on Posix
'attach' option should not be forwarded to the server (which then fails)
invalid window resize counter (used for resize loop prevention)
missing icon errors when html5 client disconnects from system-wide proxy server
file transfer errors when a 'top' client is connected
don't claim that non-interactive clients use the screen
retry once after X11 query tree errors during startup
provide XDG_RUNTIME_DIR if it is not defined
add new 3x4K Xdummy modeline
minor cosmetic and debug logging fixes

Assets 2

12 Jun 12:17

totaam

v3.1

bc7128e

v3.1

Apart from the many important fixes that had accumulated, this release also includes:

critical fixes for crashes and memory corruption bugs
better compatibility with newer operating systems and Python versions
many fixes to the proxy server
screen update fixes and improvements
latest xpra top client
the nvjpeg encoder
updated application metadata hints
keyboard and network fixes

And much more.

The detailed release notes can be found here:
https://github.com/Xpra-org/xpra/blob/v3.1.x/src/NEWS

Downloads:
https://github.com/Xpra-org/xpra/wiki/Download

Assets 2

21 May 03:47

totaam

v4.2

11293f0

v4.2

use pinentry for password prompts and ssh prompts
nvjpeg encoder - also requires this commit to the html5 client
gui for starting remote sessions
new subcommands: recover, displays, list-sessions, clean-displays, clean-sockets - #3098, #3099
many fixes: window initial position, focus, non-opengl paint corruption, slow rendering on MacOS, build scripts, handle smooth scroll events with wayland clients, always lossy screen updates for terminals, clipboard timeout, peercred auth options
support multiple clients using mmap simultaneously with non-default file paths
only synchronize xsettings with seamless servers
automatic desktop scaling is now disabled
workaround for gnome applications starting slowly

Assets 2

21 Apr 08:32

totaam

v4.1.3

60ec83d

v4.1.3

fix window geometry constraints being applied wrong b5bfa92
fix xpra start failures when the display is already running (with use-display=auto) #3077
fix vp9 libvpx encoder failures with older library versions b24f91a
fix 'xpra top' errors when the version string is missing 035c7c9
fix server errors when non interactive clients are connected (ie: 'xpra top') #3089, #3084
fix http server error on incomplete installations 9f2a80e
fix http server builtin script handler ebab0e7
fix icon loading errors causing empty start menus 4d9c8bc
fix compilation against ffmpeg 4.4 and later on some distributions (ie: CentOS 8) 8d583c2
exit more quickly with a failure if the VFB failed to start c91509e
correctly replace existing notifications with the gtk notifier backend 95c6116
silence some rare errors and stacktraces bff6fce, b594b36, ebb4aa4
support CUDA 11.3 7f3f6e8