Comment 27 for bug 846407

I can also verify that forcing full screen redraws via CCSM doesn't help this bug. You still log in with the VNC client to the Vinagre server and no useful screen elements are drawn... no menu, now windows, no titlebar. Just a blank desktop.

Additionally, I'm watching the real server at the same time and can confirm that events are being received by the client. i can move the mouse and select text or start applications, which appear on the vinagre server's screen... but which are never sent as updates to the vnc client.