Problems viewing OS X desktop from Linux

[Dale Eshelman]

Yes I have noticed using Apple Remote Desktop with Free VNC. The Apple side will freeze. If I go to the Windows PC it is working fine. 

Disconnect Apple Remote Desktop and use Chicken of the VNC with no issues.

Dale


--- On Mon, 11/3/08, Phil Endecott <spam_from_vnclist "at" chezphil.org> wrote:

> From: Phil Endecott <spam_from_vnclist "at" chezphil.org>
> Subject: RE: Problems viewing OS X desktop from Linux
> To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Date: Monday, November 3, 2008, 5:14 PM
> James Weatherall wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Thanks Wez (& also Peter for your earlier message).  I
> was hoping that someone had already worked out a nice
> feature-matrix of which servers (& viewers) did what.
> 
> A couple more "features" of the OS X built-in
> server that I've noticed this evening:
> 
> - It will let you saw off the branch you're sitting on
> by disabling the VNC server over VNC.  I did this just to
> see what would happen, wondering if Apple are any better at
> this sort of thing than anyone else, and they aren't.
> 
> - Apps that (I presume) need hardware video or 3D don't
> seem to work at all.  In a few cases you get an error
> message, but normally not.
> 
> 
> Cheers,  Phil.
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