Screen Sharing stopped working after I upgraded to Lion. Trying to connect back home to my still yet not upgraded Snow Leopard machine.
Logs says
PM Screen Sharing: MVS Codec – bad rectangle size – clossing connection 0
Has anyone else notice this?
MacOS – Screen Sharing stopped working after Lion upgrade
macosscreen-sharingsnow leopard
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Best Answer
Not at all - I have three classes of macs that all worked flawlessly with the upgrade to Lion. They all share their screens with the basic VNC technology:
I haven't seen a good Apple writeup of the Lion changes - but when you log in with your OS account rather than with the VNC password - you get a distinct loginwindow process for that account whether or not that user is shown as logged in locally. This change could be causing you grief.
Put another way - screen sharing and log in is now a virtual concept - you are no longer limited to one mac log in session or tied tightly to the physical screen. User A can be using the mac and User B logs in remotely and gets their own workspace rather than seeing what A is doing or forcing A to log off.
The writeup inside the screens app is nice if you have purchased it.