Hi, I have found the cause for this to be the firewall (Firestarter) blocking the connection. You would expect vinagre to show the "connection was closed" dialog, but it doesn't. It connects and then just hangs.
Firestarter 1.0.3 Vinagre 2.24.1 Ubuntu Intrepid regards, Peter On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Robert Ancell <[email protected] > wrote: > If anyone can reproduce please list versions of vinagre, VNC server etc. > > ** Summary changed: > > - vinagre only shows black screen although it connects > + Black screen shown when connected to remote host > > ** Changed in: vinagre (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided => Medium > > -- > Black screen shown when connected to remote host > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346152 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of a duplicate bug. > > Status in “vinagre” source package in Ubuntu: New > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: vinagre > > Hi, > > It connects, but the client only shows a black screen. > > A.B.C.D1:$ telnet A.B.C.D2 5900 > Trying A.B.C.D2... > Connected to A.B.C.D2. > Escape character is '^]'. > RFB 003.007 > > A.B.C.D2:$ netstat -anp | grep 5900 > tcp6 0 0 :::5900 :::* LISTEN > 7428/vino-server > tcp6 12 0 A.B.C.D2:5900 A.B.C.D1:35788 ESTABLISHED > 7428/vino-server > > Client is eeebuntu 8.10 linux 2.6.27-8-eeepc vinagre 2.24.1-0ubuntu1.1 > Server is eeebuntu 8.10 2.6.27-11-generic vino 2.24.1-0ubuntu1 > > Other people were having difficulties with the black screen as a symptom as > well: > http://ubuntu-virginia.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6272088 > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=994490 > https://answers.launchpad.net/vinagre/+question/61069 > > Thanks for your help, Rob. > > ProblemType: Bug > Architecture: i386 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 > ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/vinagre > Package: vinagre 2.24.1-0ubuntu1.1 > ProcEnviron: > SHELL=/bin/bash > > PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games > LANG=cs_CZ.UTF-8 > SourcePackage: vinagre > Uname: Linux 2.6.27-8-eeepc i686 > -- Black screen shown when connected to remote host https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346152 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
