Strange results using vnc

[Colin Law]

On 20 January 2011 18:15, MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:
> I tried to run the "Remote Desktop Viewer" from Menu->Other and an
> icon appears in the window list, but it closes before it does
> anything.  If I run vinagre fro the command line, I get a couple of
> error notices because xinerama and RANDR don't get along, but it runs
> just fine.
>
> I copied the menu item to a panel and deleted the "-F %U" from the
> command line in the properties and it works just fine.  I edited the
> main menu to do the same, and now it also works just fine.

On my (10.10) system it is Applications > Internet > Remote Desktop
Viewer (not Other) and it only has %U, no -F

Colin

>
> According to the man page, "-F" opens a .vnc file, but clearly if %U
> is not defined this is a problem.  I'm curious why the system would
> ship with parameters built into the menu command that can cause
> problems.
>
> Comments?
>
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