[Ham-Mac] Fldigi and Screen Sharing - UPDATE

Sun May 22 23:07:38 EDT 2016

Monitor attached.   I normally run the computer in my shack (detached studio building)
but occasionally run it from my office desktop in the house.

The shack mini is a mid 2007 which stops at 10.7, office mini is an early 2009.

I reverted to Apple screen sharing which has terrific performance but the shift 
key problem.   When I run remotely, I just won't use the shift key … sigh.  There is
some obscure feature in event handling in Fldigi that differs from other applications
that causes the issue.   I have the source and have developed
Mac Applications using Swing and have had "trouble" with event handling (also worked
on the OS while employed at Apple) so I can imagine the problem.   Since I retired
I swore off of programming.

Thanks for your input.

On May 22, 2016, at 7:31 PM, Pete Golian <pjgolian at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is your Mac Mini running “headless” (no monitor attached)?
> 
> I know with my mini that when running headless, remote control performance suffers.  Apparently when no monitor is attached, the system’s GPU is disabled and all graphics are handled by the CPU.  The solution (aside from hooking up a monitor) was to add a dongle that tricks the system into thinking a monitor is attached.
> 
> I’m not sure if the dongle I have would work with your mini, but here is a post that details on how to build your own:  https://macminicolo.net/blog/files/build-a-dummy-dongle-for-a-headless-mac-mini.html
> 
> Pete
> KB3WTP
> 
> 
>> On May 22, 2016, at 9:47 PM, Alan Bomberger <ae7tu at waldenpond.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Apparently I need a lot more CPU power than my old Mini has (as a RealVNC server)
>> as the response is just too slow to use.    I appreciate the pointer but for now I will live
>> with not using the shift key or being very fast with the mouse to close the help screen
>> ============================
>> Thank you!
>> 
>> Chicken of the VNC works with RealVNC.   I will also try the RealVNC client as 
>> Chicken is a bit slower than the apple screen sharing but actually a lot faster than
>> Chicken and Apple Screen Sharing server.
>> 
>> 
>> On May 22, 2016, at 2:56 PM, Pete Golian <pjgolian at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> I’m running OS X 10.11.5 (latest release) and no matter what VNC viewer client I tried (Remote Desktop, iTeleport, etc...) all had the same issue with the Shift key.  
>>> 
>>> I thought about trying to replace Apple’s screen sharing with another VNC host on a remote computer.  I checked RealVNC, but the only free product that they offer doesn’t support encryption.  If you access your remote system via the internet than that is not a recommended solution.  However, if your remote system is on the same local LAN (no internet) as your other computer, it could be something to try.
>>> 
>>> Pete
>>> KB3WTP
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On May 22, 2016, at 2:32 PM, Alan Bomberger <ae7tu at waldenpond.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> The Help/About window pops up when the SHIFT/CNTL/OPTION/COMMAND key
>>>> is RELEASED not when pressed.  I found a thread on linuxham (
>>>>> Steve stecla1-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org [linuxham])
>>>> From 2014 which discusses the problem without a solution.
>>>> 
>>>> Chicken of the VNC did not cause this with both systems running 10.6.
>>>> 
>>>> ====================
>>>> When using Fldigi on a remote system running 10.7 on a Mac Mini
>>>> (last system the hardware supports) and Screen Sharing from a Mac Mini
>>>> running 10.8 I find that using the Shift, Control, Option, or Apple key on the
>>>> 10.8 system brings up the About menu on the Remote Fldigi.   I googled
>>>> some to find some other issues with Shift key but not this problem.
>>>> 
>>>> I looked at the Keyboard preferences on the Remote system and don't
>>>> see anything to set.  Screen Sharing client preferences on the controlling
>>>> system does have anything useful.   Perhaps there is some magic with the
>>>> preferences of the Screen Sharing server on the remote but I don't know how
>>>> to get at that.
>>>> 
>>>> I just switched to screen sharing when I found that after 10.6  Chicken of the
>>>> VNC no longer knows how to authenticate with the screen sharing server on
>>>> the remote.   
>>>> 
>>>> I am learning how to run Fldigi without using the shift key but would like a 
>>>> fix if possible.
>>>> 
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