crabsody | # 61 | 2010-03-07, 11:43 | Report

Well I installed vnc viewer in my N900 pretty easily. BUT. I connect to my ubuntu desktop and everything seems ok. But when I try to make a right click for example I can see the context menu in the desktop but not in the phone. When I try to change a song in rhythmbox (the media player of ubuntu) I can't. The screen on n900 doesn't refresh!!! Is this a known problem? It seems a general redraw problem!!!

crabsody | # 62 | 2010-03-10, 22:36 | Report

Anyone with the same problem or a solution?

crabsody | # 63 | 2010-03-13, 16:15 | Report

Well the problem was not the vncviewer client of N900 but the default server of ubuntu vino. I stopped the daemon of vino installed x11vnc and everything works ok!!!

tuxian | # 64 | 2010-03-13, 16:58 | Report

I still have the problem that each character will be entered two times.

matze | # 65 | 2010-03-16, 00:55 | Report

I'm using vino on Ubuntu and fixed the redraw problem by disabling compiz during vnc.
So this is an alternative for those who are too lazy to install x11vnc.

Cue | # 66 | 2010-03-16, 03:20 | Report

Not sure what the problem is tuxian seems you haven't had an answer for a while, some more information about your setup might help, so that I can recreate it.


What I personally use is vnc4server on ubuntu.
I have a script that does the following

through ssh, on the remote machine
this creates a display :1 meaning the local monitor doesn't have to support that resolution, I do not have to change my resolution on the actual computer, and somebody could actually use the local machine while I do too. all while I get fullscreen ubuntu on my N900.

The script then connects to it on the n900 with
which should show a terminal in which you type

it may ask you about names but just click keep old names.

Then I use it as normal in fullscreen mode with no scrollbars or titlebar in vncviewer.

One problem with vncviewer is that when I multitask on the actual N900 with ctrl+backspace. when I return to vncviewer the ctrl key is locked. I have to press ctrl to stop it again. I'm using the latest vncviewer in testing not devel. can anybody confirm if this has been fixed in the latest devel release? still it's only a minor inconvinience in comparison to trying to get keyboard focus using xnest or xephyr.

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tuxian | # 67 | 2010-03-16, 17:36 | Report

I use gentoo and x11-misc/x11vnc-0.9.6.

When using a desktop vncviewer I don't have this problem.

Cue | # 68 | 2010-03-16, 20:44 | Report

you could try something like

or increase the delay rate perhaps.

can I ask what the differences between the desktop vncviewer are, most importantly what the connection to the remote computer is with the two (Wifi, wired, 3G)

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tuxian | # 69 | 2010-03-17, 06:59 | Report

Thank you.

I tried but it didn't help.
There is also no difference if I use 3G or wifi of my homenet.

Cue | # 70 | 2010-03-19, 02:48 | Report

I thought it might be a high latency network problem for which turning off autorepeat ("xset r off") is the solution. seems not.

what vncviewer version are you using?

Unfortunately I can't recreate this problem and I'm all out of ideas.
Perhaps you should just try another vnc server like vnc4server. Sorry I couldn't help, I hope you can get this fixed.