Hi Phil, Unfortunately the Apple Remote Desktop product isn't fully VNC compatible. There are some ports of the standard VNC system to Mac OS X, I believe, or you might try the VNC Enterprise Edition Server for Mac OS X.
Cheers, -- Wez @ RealVNC Ltd > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Phil Endecott > Sent: 01 November 2008 17:35 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Problems viewing OS X desktop from Linux > > Dear Experts, > > I've been trying to view a Mac desktop from Linux and I've encountered > a number of annoying little problems. I'd like to know whether any of > these are due to the particular server and viewer combination that I'm > using and could be cured by changing one or the other, or whether there > are any work-arounds. > > At the Linux end I'm using the Debian package of "VNC Viewer Free > Edition 4.1.1 for X". > At the OS X end I'm using the Apple VNC server that's built in to OS X > 10.5.5. > > The issues are: > > - There seems to be no clipboard sharing. > > - When I move a window, it doesn't seem to do any copyrects; it redraws > the whole window each time. > > - I have to start vncviewer with --FullColour=on, else it terminates > without showing the display. I think this means it's using 32 bpp, > even though I've configured the Mac to use "thousands of colours" (i.e. > 16 bpp) in its display settings dialog, so it is wasting half of its > network bandwidth. > > - I'm using a UK keyboard, and when I press # (i.e. the unshifted key > to the left of return) I get a B# (pound sign). I also get a B# > (pound) > when I press shift-3, so there seems to be no way to type a #. (Now I > think about it, I don't know for certain if the # key works on a > directly-connected keyboard; I suppose I should check. It did > recognise the keyboard as a UK model when I installed it, but the > machine doesn't have a keyboard plugged in at all while I'm VNCing to > it.) > > - I would like to be able to re-map the modifier keys. Specifically, > I'd like to be able to type Ctrl-Letter for things like copy, paste etc > and for the Mac to see Cmd-Letter. This is partly because I'm > habituated to typing ctrl-C rather than cmd-C in GUI apps for copy, but > also because my Linux window manager intercepts cmd, so the VNC viewer > never sees it. I also need to be able to send "option + click"; when > Mac people say "option", do they mean the key with "cmd" written on it? > > Many thanks for any suggestions. > > > Phil. > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [email protected] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
