Remote Desktop Viewing

[Keith Clark]

On Wed, 2009-05-20 at 14:10 +0200, Heike C. Zimmerer wrote:
> Keith Clark <keithclark at k-wbookworm.com> writes:
> 
> > I'm trying to view a remote desktop on my local network and all I get is
> > a black screen.
> >
> > I've enabled remote viewing on both machines, setup a password and
> > allowed remote control.  I then try to use the
> > Applications->Internet->Remote Desktop View program.  I see the other
> > computer, I can double click on it, enter my password and then nothing
> > but a black screen.
> 
> Are desktop effects (compiz) active?  For me, vino/VNC has ceased to
> work with Jaunty as long as desktop effects are enabled.  If I disable
> them on the machine which exports its desktop, everything works as
> expected.  (On Intrepid, desktop effects made no difference.)
> 
> Heike
> 
> 

Ok, on one machine, I can remotely view the other computer.  But from
the other way all I get is a scrambled screen.  Both are running 9.04
and both have Compiz on and both are running ATI Radeon Xpress 200M
video cards.

Strange.  You would think what works on one would work on the other due
to their very similar configurations.

Keith