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Hi Kevin The short of it is that VNC is taking its screen directly from the frame buffer, when Compiz is in action it is working with the OpenGL layer in the video RAM which is pr the frame buffer, so the only way to get a stable view using VNC is to turn off Compiz. Can you log in A as Compiz and B no compiz over VNC, the answer is yes but I haven't configured it for years and a lot has changed. The other way to approach this is to use SSH and forward X over the connection so that you can run the apps you want to fiddle with from the remote machine. final thing to take a look at is TeamViewer www.teamviewer.com you might find this useful. Regards and Best Wishes Rick Timmis Abazander Ltd Sent from my Dragon 32 On 21 Jul 2011, at 19:29, Gibbs <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 2011-07-21 at 19:14 +0100, Kevin Lucas wrote: >> Has any one had any experience of VNC and Gnome compiz? >> >> I have Fedora Gnome and 2 Mint Gnomes with VNC and ssh Set up but I >> think when you have Compiz turned on, VNC gets you an initial Image >> of the screen but no mouse pointer update. I found this after >> clicking and seeing no response only to find it performed all the >> actions on the remote machine. >> >> Turning off compiz all is ok. >> >> I get confused with Remote Desktop and Vnc >> >> Is it possible to connect to a machine as user` B`...... when say user >> `A ` is logged on locally and get an X connection via VNC but turn off >> compiz for just user B then turn it on again after finishing? If you >> turn off compiz during a session it's a disaster! All the windows >> pile up and become non responsive. >> >> >> I know the settings for the Xserver and vnc in the ~/.vnc folder and >> for /etc/sysconfig/vncservers but can you put in a script somewhere >> something like --nocompiz? >> > > As far as I know this has been an issue for a long time (for me anyway). > The same sort of thing has happened to me when using VNC to help people > running Windows Vista+ when Aero or whatever its called hasn't stopped > running. > > The only way I've managed to get around it is to somehow fire up the > terminal and kill compiz for metacity (for Gnome 2.2). I'm interested in > a better way than typing blind though! > > Gibbs > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq