Comment 198 for bug 353126

the fix seems to be 1) disable compiz or 2) upgrade to ubuntu lucid lynx
10.04 when its released or hey if your impatient you can try Alpha3 that
comes out in two weeks

On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 8:05 PM, DarthBrady <email address hidden>wrote:

> I can Confirm this bug in Karmic 9.10 i386. I have it installed and
> completely updated on 2 machines in my house. Both Desktops Run Compiz
> and Nvidia Proprietary 173 drivers.
>
> I have Remote Desktop Viewer Enabled on both PCs Properly, to allow
> remote control, ect. Here's a summary of my issue:
>
> -When Connecting to another PC that has a screensaver running, I get a
> still image of the screensaver's state, and no refresh. although the
> screensaver does turn off on the PC it is connected to, and does have
> mouse and keyboard control. Although there is no screen refresh on RDV's
> connection so this cannot be seen.
>
> -When connecting to another PC when the screen saver is not running, In
> the RDV I can see the remote desktop and see the local mouse cursor
> locked over the remote desktop's mouse cursor and they move together
> (with no lag), nut the screen srefreshes nothing else besides the
> cursor.
>
> -This is the same in both windowed and Full screen modes.
>
>
> Please can we fix this it worked fine in hardy and intrepid. This is the
> single most important tool for me in my Ubuntu home network. I need my
> Nvidia Drivers and can't remove them, I need them. I really don't want to
> remove Compiz either, I have grown too attached to its features.
>
> --
> Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI
> fglrx driver using X.org prior to release 7.5
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353126
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> Status in GNOME Remote Desktop: Incomplete
> Status in X.Org X server: Confirmed
> Status in “vino” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
> Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> 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. 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).
>
> 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 .
>
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