I have discovered a useful workaround: Splashtop.
It is a much more functional remote desktop solution than VNC or Vino. It has sound. You can play 3D games over it and even Second Life works beautifully. And it's available in the Ubuntu Software Center for free. This really should be the default remote desktop. It blows Microsoft's Remote Desktop away. If you need a desktop client it's under "other products" on the Splashtop App download page. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to vino in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353126 Title: Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver using X.org Status in AMD fglrx video driver: Invalid Status in Lucid Backports: Invalid Status in Maverick Backports (obsolete): Won't Fix Status in NVIDIA Drivers Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in GNOME Remote Desktop: Fix Released Status in X.Org X server: Fix Released Status in “vino” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “vino” package in Fedora: Unknown Bug description: Binary package hint: compiz When using the nvidia-restricted or some ATI drivers and compiz desktop effects the vnc server will not refresh the screen. This is being caused by the xserver not getting "damaged" by the nvidia- restricted drivers (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source /xorg-server/+bug/353126/comments/245 for details). Linked bugs confirm this is not an issue on intel chipsets or nv driver. Steps to reproduce: Enable desktop-effects (default) with nvidia-restricted, virtualBox's display or some ATI driver like RV610 Enable remote desktop Connect with VNC Results: You see a screen snapshot of your desktop but if you click a menu item there are no updates to the screen. Notes: If you close and restart the vnc session, you get an updated snapshot but still no refreshes. Workarounds: Use the -noxdamage argument with vncviewer. This is really inefficient and bandwidth hungry since the whole screen refreshes. Kill compiz and use a different wm (metacity). [Tested with nvidia] Run compiz with the --use-root-window option, eg: compiz --replace --use-root-window & This bug has been confirmed by many others with linked reports. Might be an issue with xorg since there is a report of ATI drivers with similar issues in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/328559 . To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/fglrx/+bug/353126/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
