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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 -- Image from Business News ________________________________________________________________________ Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) sip:kevin.lucas@xxxxxxxxx www.minionsbandb.co.uk www.tearooms.minionsbandb.co.uk FaceBook Minions_shop Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq