I think a posting very early in the thread suggested that a fix (Vino) was available in Debian, but not yet available in Ubuntu. I haven't seen any other confirmation of this statement. I also haven't seen anyone defnitively isolate the problem (Compiz, binary/free drivers, updated restricted drivers, X, Vino, etc.)
Manually installing packages at different versions is quite a bit a bit over my head. Based on your post below, it seems like you are a good candidate for isolating the package / version where the regression occurred. Are you able to restore 9.04's Compiz and try 8.10's Vino to see if it is a Vino regression? ________________________________ From: J N B <wdfl...@yahoo.com> To: andre...@sbcglobal.net Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 11:02:52 PM Subject: [Bug 353126] Re: Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver Apparently it's agreed by all of us that this bug is manifest using nvidia (and ATI, and virtualbox, ?others?) drivers. But the 'trigger' is a change in one of the packages added to Jaunty. Fixing the offending package will restore functionality. I installed Compiz 0.7.8 (intrepid's package) and dependencies manually last night with no change in [lack of] functionality. (Can someone else install an earlier version of Compiz in Jaunty to back me up? ) In the meantime, disable Compiz (visual effects) and use Metacity Compositing if you 'need' a compositing manager; or use the vino workaround from Jonh Wendell if you can spare the bandwidth. Both options will allow us to keep full resolution and use VNC, but we've still lost functionality. Xorg devs..... we're anxious to see what you find. :) -- Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353126 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. Status in GNOME Remote Desktop: Fix Released Status in X.Org X server: Confirmed Status in “vino” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Binary package hint: compiz When using the nvidia-restricted driver and compiz desktop effects the vnc server will not refresh the screen. This is being caused by the xserver not getting "damaged" by the nvidia-restricted drivers. Linked bugs confirm this is not an issue on intel chipsets or nv driver. Steps to reproduce: Enable desktop-effects (default) with nvidia-restricted driver Enable remote desktop Connect with VNC Results: You see a screen snapshot of your desktop but if you click a menu item there are no updates to the screen. Notes: If you close and restart the vnc session, you get an updated snapshot but still no refreshes. Workarounds: Use the -noxdamage argument with vncviewer. This is really inefficient and bandwidth hungry since the whole screen refreshes. Kill compiz and use a different wm (metacity). This bug has been confirmed by many others with linked reports. Might be an issue with xorg since there is a report of ATI drivers with similar issues in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/328559 . -- Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver 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
