"The remote desktop solution in Ubuntu uses the VNC backend which can't read from hardware accelerated display"
That's hardly true, testing on a few xserver 7.5 machines (running fedora 12 but that should not make any difference) * intel + compiz + xdamage enabled = no problem * open source radeonhd + compiz + xdamage enabled = no problem * binary nvidia + compiz + xdamage enabled = screen does not refresh * binary nvidia + compiz + xdamage disabled = no problem Hence it really looks like only the binary drivers (at least nvidia, haven't tested fglrx) are affected. And when using binary drivers, disabling xdamage in gconf: /desktop/gnome/remote_access/disable_xdamage should suffice (and this imo whould be something that could be done automatically when a user installs a binary driver through the repos). For people experiencing this issue with open source drivers on a clean lucid install / live cd, they might want to give the fedora 12 / 13 live cds a try, just in case it were indeed a problem affecting only ubuntu. -- 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
