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  1. Bug #353126
  2. Comment #150

Comment 150 for bug 353126

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Tim Potter (musikgoat) wrote : Re: [Bug 353126] Re: Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver

On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 6:35 PM, granier nicolas
<email address hidden>wrote:

> Big problem for use of Ubuntu in a school as a teacher. I just work with
> Intrepid in a room, with 20 computers and all is working fine : vnc and
> compiz. It's impossible to use scripts or ask everybody to switch off
> compiz each time i want to use vino. So I just don't come to jaunty at
> this time. It's a pity because jaunty is much more fast and use OOo 3.1.
> I hope someone will arrive to fix this bug wich is coming with intel
> graphic card too.
>
>
Nicolas,

You can gain access remotely by SSH'ing to the device and running:
DISPLAY=:0 metacity --replace &

This will disable compiz on the primary display, thus allowing you to
remotely manage.

Its not a fix, but a workaround when you are remote.