Bug 512182 - KRFB needs local interaction to grant access on Wayland
Summary: KRFB needs local interaction to grant access on Wayland
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: krfb
Classification: Applications
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 25.11.80
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: George Goldberg
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Reported: 2025-11-16 11:22 UTC by kaminata
Modified: 2025-11-16 11:22 UTC (History)
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Description kaminata 2025-11-16 11:22:50 UTC 
SUMMARY
Hello,
It's a long standing Wayland bug where KRFB needs local interaction to grant access to the screen and input devices, even if "Enable Unattended Access" is ticked and this breaks the unattended access idea at all. I can't remotely grant access to myself if I can't access my PC. "Enable Unattended Access" stays ticked but does effectively nothing (it does not enable unattended access).

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  Start KRFB as a server
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OBSERVED RESULT
KRFB needs local interaction to grant access to the screen and input devices, even if "Enable Unattended Access" is ticked.

EXPECTED RESULT
KRFB should remember the user settings and Unattended Access should work.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0
Qt Version: 6.10.0
Kernel Version: 6.17.7-arch1-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 32 × Intel® Core™ i9-14900KF
Memory: 64 GiB of RAM (62.6 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Manufacturer: ASUS