Window blank on connection, works on resize

[zwigno]

When first connecting to a remote host with remmina, with either RDP or VNC, the connection window is blank.
If I resize the window the remote display renders correctly.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: remmina 1.0.0-4ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-17.37-generic 3.13.6
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Mar 28 18:08:05 2014
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-12 (16 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140307)
SourcePackage: remmina
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[zwigno (zwigno)]

Just a note - sometimes the remote desktop displays partially within the remmina window, as if the centering is way off.
I'll attach a new screenshot.

[Charles Boling (junk07+launchpad)]

In Ubuntu 13.10, it behaved similarly, but merely moving the window would fix it; now it requires a resize (or toggle scale mode).
Interestingly, it doesn't happen w/ all VNC servers, though I haven't found a solid pattern yet.
It doesn't happen on one particular WinXP or another Win2k machine, but it does on another nearly-identical W2k machine, all 3 running UltraVNC. The problem happens with a variety of other servers including several for Linux and the one built into VMWare. RDP connections to several flavors of Windows, and the one from VirtualBox.

[zwigno (zwigno)]

FYI I'm on full 14.04 now and it's still happening.

[Frederic Defoy (fdefoy)]

On 14.04 too and im also having this annoying problem.

I have tested ALL the settings and I think I figured out were the bug is.
Once you have a window open disable the "toggle scaled mode" option it will make the content of the window appear immediatly.
And if you have "remember last view mode for each connection" option checked in the preferences the scale mode will stay off and on subsequent connection you will see the window content right away.

Can anyone else reproduce this?

Fred.

[Frederic Defoy (fdefoy)]

In my experience developers pay more attention to their github bug tracker.

Please post here about this issue: https://github.com/FreeRDP/Remmina/issues/273

[Buddha (lord-buddha)]

I get the same fault is apparent for VNC sessions too and it to is fixed by toggling scale mode.

[Scott P (spause)]

It appears that they have published a fix in the past day or so. https://github.com/FreeRDP/Remmina/issues/143.

Hopefully this can make it into an update for TT, and if not, then UU.

[Magnus lindelöf (linmag01)]

It appears for me, that everything works fine in 14.04 (Lubuntu) until i split screens with aRandR. When i do that, the phenomena with blank screen appears.

[fiction_edge (fiction-edge)]

I found out if you press the scale button on and off again the image returns.

[mrmango (register-coloniesonline)]

Yes on Ubuntu stock 14.04 it happens every time. Correct if you scale off and on again, it returns.

[Julian Alarcon (julian-alarcon)]

This bug seems to be already fixed on newer releases of Remmina.

This is the bug report of Remmina in the old bug tracker (SourceForge): http://sourceforge.net/p/remmina/bugs/87/

This is the same bug report, but in the new bug tracker (GitHub): https://github.com/FreeRDP/Remmina/issues/387

This bug was already fixed in a newer upstream version 1.1.1. So, if Vivdi is going to have Remmina version 1.1.1 maybe this bug is already fixed (http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=remmina&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all) can somebody with Ubuntu 15.04 test it?

[Ryan Finnie (fo0bar)]

Confirmed, it is no longer occurring in vivid.

[Daniel (hackie)]

Confirm too. Tested 20 times in vivid from live cd with remmina version 1.1.1-1ubuntu1

[Stefan (steffel)]

Confirmed too, window not blank or black any more.

remmina (1.1.1-1+749+next+201505190046~ubuntu14.04.1)
libfreerdp1 (1.2.0~git2015020)