Josh says: * The remote desktop solution in Ubuntu uses the VNC backend which can't read from hardware accelerated displays.
When I initially connect to the vino server, it gives me a snapshot of the screen as I connect to it, it's just not feeding the updates. Doesn't this suggest it *can* read the display memory from hardware accelerated displays? I *know* wobbly windows works through a VNC viewer, albeit a bit jerky, as I had it working at one point, so I'm sure it's possible (whether that was with nVidia hardware or not I don't recall). Re: adding a notice for users. Looking at the other comments on the ticket, and from my own experience, I'm fairly sure that this bug is simply a regression in something that used to work fine a few years ago. It's not a whole new problem we suddenly have to face, it's just gone unfixed for a long time. For that reason, hacky scripts that tell users that Ubuntu/Linux can't do something (that it used to be able to) and instead tell them to 'go reconfigure!' should be avoided *at all costs*, IMHO. Not only does it look bad to users, but it would be a massive waste of time/resources as it would mean more UI code would need to be written/tested/discussed/translated/approved/released/maintained etc. (all in a short time frame, by a large number of people, to get it into the upcoming release!) as a workaround - only for it all to become redundant the moment this bug gets investigated and resolved by a capable developer who's familiar enough with the code to fix it. -- Ross -- 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 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
