Screen Sharing to Linux vncserver fails in 64-bit

Originator:reppepreppep
Number:rdar://7364212 Date Originated:04-Nov-2009 10:41 AM
Status: Resolved:
Product:Mac OS X Product Version:Screen Sharing 1.1 (4506600)
Classification:Serious Bug Reproducible:Always
 
I use VNC through an ssh tunnel to connect to 2 CentOS Linux servers.

pepper@teriyaki:~$ alias vncsaba
alias vncsaba='(sleep 4; open vnc://127.0.0.1:5901) & ssh -C -4 -L 5901:127.0.0.1:5901 saba'

This worked a couple months ago, but failed this morning. I could connect, but only saw a white screen.

Interestingly, when I restarted the vncserver, the white screen changed to show the proper Linux desktop, then the connection broke, then the white box came back.

This was repeatable across both Linux servers.

I confirmed that the Linux vncviewer program worked properly -- no white box.

The workaround was to force Screen Sharing to run in 32-bit mode, which avoided the white screen and let me control the Linux sessions normally.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20090916105559390

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