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    VNC - remote desktop does not refresh

    Hi

    I have just started playing with VNC and after some trial and error I can access the 'remote' machine (actually it is next to the 'local' one). I get to see the display and can move the mouse and 'send' mouse clicks to the remote machine. This has the expected effect on the remote machine but the display on the local machine stays exactly the same. For example, if I click on the icon for google chrome on the desktop of remote machine, chrome starts on that box, but the display on local stays as the desktop. Any Clues?

    TIA
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    Re: VNC - remote desktop does not refresh

    Hi not sure what you mean do u expect the program to appear on local machine as well as remote machine?

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    Re: VNC - remote desktop does not refresh

    I mean I expect changes on the remote machine to appear in the local machine window of the vnc client. What happens is that the display on the local machine does not change from how the remote machine looked at the moment of accessing via VNC (this is happening with both vinagre and xvnc4viewer by the way)
    Last edited by ubername; January 17th, 2010 at 12:16 PM.
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    Re: VNC - remote desktop does not refresh

    I have a similar problem and made a post http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1383388

    The problem I have is that my remote viewer to Ubuntu doesn't work from my laptop. I am not sure if this is as a result of updating the nvidia drivers. (link to post http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1379251

    I can view remotely but the mouse cursor only works on the ubuntu machine and not my laptop, the screen doesn't change on my laptop once the viewer is loaded in the ubuntu machine so moving the mouse on the laptop moves on the both machines but doesn't control from the laptop.

    Secondly the keypad from my laptop works externally, so I can type on my laptop and it shows on the ubuntu machine.

    Lastly, the screen on my laptop doesn't change with the ubuntu machine.

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    Re: VNC - remote desktop does not refresh

    Quote Originally Posted by ubername View Post
    Hi

    I have just started playing with VNC and after some trial and error I can access the 'remote' machine (actually it is next to the 'local' one). I get to see the display and can move the mouse and 'send' mouse clicks to the remote machine. This has the expected effect on the remote machine but the display on the local machine stays exactly the same. For example, if I click on the icon for google chrome on the desktop of remote machine, chrome starts on that box, but the display on local stays as the desktop. Any Clues?

    TIA
    I have been experiencing exactly the same problem with a number of releases of Ubuntu. Whether its when I'm using VNC from my iPhone or logging in from another Ubuntu machine. I see no refresh on the client end, but if I watch the machine which I log into I see the mouse move as normal.

    Would be interested if anyone can come up with a fix for this. Very annoying!
    Ubuntu 10.10

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    Re: VNC - remote desktop does not refresh

    I got a solution via my post http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...37#post8678737

    Remove the desktop effects via preferences/appearence/visual effects and it sorts the problem out.

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    Re: VNC - remote desktop does not refresh

    I had the same problem but turning off visual effects on the remote machine did not fix it.

    Both machines are running Ubuntu 9.10.

    I solved it by installing gnome-rdp on the local machine, along with having visual effects on the remote machine turned off.

    I like this viewer better than the default viewer and it seems to be faster.

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    Re: VNC - remote desktop does not refresh

    Removing Desktop Effects worked for me. Marking as 'Solved'
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    Re: VNC - remote desktop does not refresh

    Quote Originally Posted by ubername View Post
    Removing Desktop Effects worked for me. Marking as 'Solved'
    Worked for me also.
    Is there any workaround if I still want to have desktop effects enabled? I'm running Ubuntu 9.10 64 and connecting with VNC from my windows xp laptop.

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    Re: VNC - remote desktop does not refresh

    Quote Originally Posted by ubername View Post
    Removing Desktop Effects worked for me. Marking as 'Solved'
    Worked for me as well. Thanks for the tip.

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