Remote Desktop Viewing

[Bob Cortez]

On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Keith Clark <keithclark at k-wbookworm.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-05-20 at 16:17 -0700, NoOp wrote:
>> On 05/20/2009 03:50 PM, Keith Clark wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > Ok, on one machine, I can remotely view the other computer.
>>
>> But can you do anything with that remote? Can you refresh the screen &
>> does it show you what is occuring at the remote on the local machine?
>
> Yes, I can operate the machine just like being there.
>>
>> But from
>> > the other way all I get is a scrambled screen.  Both are running 9.04
>> > and both have Compiz on and both are running ATI Radeon Xpress 200M
>> > video cards.
>> >
>> > Strange.  You would think what works on one would work on the other due
>> > to their very similar configurations.
>> >
>> > Keith
>>
>> Try it with compiz effect turned off on the remote. BTW: I find that NX
>> (and/or FreeNX) does work between the machines).
>>
>
> I will now give compiz off a try and see what happens.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Keith

I had the same problem.  I went to the host machine
|System>Preferences>Appearance>Visual Affects selected None and
closed. Worked for me.

Good luck.

Bob