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Re: [LUG] VNC and Compiz

 

On Thu, 2011-07-21 at 19:29 +0100, Gibbs 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
> 
> 
Sorry I ment Xfce desktop 

I see there is a remmina vnc plugin 


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