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[nhasian <nhasian@xxxxxxxxx>]

the bug was due to x.org which was fixed months ago.  unfortunately
x.org7.5 wasnt released till the end of October which was far too late
to include
it in 9.10 Karmic.  Unless you want to manually upgrade your ubuntu to the
latest version of x.org then i guess we'll have to wait for 10.04 Lucid Lynx

On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 2:14 PM, chrisolof <chrisolof@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> @jackmetal:  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS
>
> I think we need to bring more attention to this bug - and according to
> the Ubuntu Forums post referenced by Josh (
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-
> server/+bug/353126/comments/152
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1270527 ) one way to accomplish
> this would be to get more people to mark themselves as affected by it.
> Since this bug seems to affect everyone running Ubuntu post 8.10 with
> Compiz enabled, getting hordes of people to mark themselves as affected
> should be pretty easy.  Here's a direct link if any of you have any
> avenues you might want to try:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-
> server/+bug/353126/+affectsmetoo
>
> Who's on board?
>
> --
> Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI
> fglrx driver
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353126
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>
> Status in GNOME Remote Desktop: Incomplete
> Status in X.Org X server: Confirmed
> Status in “vino” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
> Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> 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 .
>

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Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353126
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