How to prevent question mark cursor issue cause be Insert key when doing VNC to a mac?
- by Sorin Sbarnea
I found out that when I press the Insert key on the client I will block the OS X VNC server by putting it in a "help mode" where you get the question mark mouse cursor.
The mouse works but I cannot use the keyboard anymore.
Details:
Reconnecting using VNC does not help
Normal keyboard is working fine on the mac
The only solution in addition to relogin was to stop the VNC server on mac using:
killall OSXvnc-server
After few seconds it will restart by itself and it will work.
I don't like current workaround and looking for something better.
Tested with these versions of the VNC client and all put the VNC server in the question mark mode, requiring service restart:
Ultr@VNC 1.0.8.2
RealVNC 4.1.3
I know that the problem is caused by the different/bad implementation of the VNC protocol in the server but do you need an workaround?