** Description changed: - When starting vncviewer (I believe the default in Gutsy is xvnc4viewer), - it won't allow you to enter any data if Compiz is enabled. You can - enter data if you click on an adjacent open window or application, but - that window or application cannot cover the vncviewer application. Then - click back in the data entry field of the vncviewer application, and you - can again enter data. This only happens with Compiz enabled. + When starting vncviewer with Compiz enabled, it won't allow you to enter + any data (I believe the default in Gutsy is xvnc4viewer). The mouse + cursor will not show in the data entry field. + + You can enter data if you click on an adjacent open window or + application, but that window or application cannot be covering the + vncviewer application. Then click back into the data entry field of the + vncviewer application, and you can then enter data. This only happens + with Compiz enabled. So the steps: 1.) Open vncviewer - 2.) Try to enter the I.P. address, but vncviewer will not accept any data - 3.) Click on an open application that is adjacent to but not does not cover vncviewer, such as a Tomboy note - 4.) Click back on the data entry field of vncviewer, and you can then enter data. + 2.) Try to enter the I.P. address; vncviewer will not accept any data + 3.) Click on an open application that is adjacent to but not covering vncviewer (such as a Tomboy note, which is how I found out the workaround) + 4.) Click back on the data entry field of vncviewer; you can then enter data. This happens in both the I.P. address field and the password field. There is also a thread for this problem at ubuntuforums: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=588612
** Description changed: When starting vncviewer with Compiz enabled, it won't allow you to enter any data (I believe the default in Gutsy is xvnc4viewer). The mouse cursor will not show in the data entry field. You can enter data if you click on an adjacent open window or application, but that window or application cannot be covering the vncviewer application. Then click back into the data entry field of the vncviewer application, and you can then enter data. This only happens - with Compiz enabled. + with Compiz enabled, and as far as I know, only in Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy + Gibbon. So the steps: 1.) Open vncviewer 2.) Try to enter the I.P. address; vncviewer will not accept any data 3.) Click on an open application that is adjacent to but not covering vncviewer (such as a Tomboy note, which is how I found out the workaround) 4.) Click back on the data entry field of vncviewer; you can then enter data. This happens in both the I.P. address field and the password field. There is also a thread for this problem at ubuntuforums: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=588612 -- Default vnc viewer will not allow direct data entry with Compiz enabled. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/156827 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
