Remote desktop to Mac with broken graphics card

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We have a mac with a broken graphicscard (Lots of stripes etc.)

Is there some way to run it remotely without being disturbed by the graphics card?

This is a iMac G5 (PowerPC with everything in the screen).

The question is more for apps than the whole desktop.

apple.stackexchange.com/questions/74331/osx-as-x-windows-server — Olav, Commented Dec 9, 2012 at 10:37

dpauken · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-29 14:16:34Z

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Screen Sharing can be enabled via the terminal : sudo sh -c "/bin/echo -n enabled > /Library/Preferences/com.apple.ScreenSharing.launchd"

I have had the AppleVNC service freak out because it couldn't determine the clients screen resolution.

answered Nov 29, 2012 at 14:16

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Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-29 11:51:59Z

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Enable Desktop Sharing and use a VNC client to connect to it.

The VNC client built into OS X itself is very good and give good updates, so use that if you use another Mac for this.

answered Nov 29, 2012 at 11:51

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Takk I have tried with Teamviewer (from Windows), and we still had the stripes. Is using VNC or doing it from a Mac somehow different.
– Olav
Commented Nov 29, 2012 at 12:42
Yes. You need to use Desktop Sharing.
– Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen
Commented Nov 29, 2012 at 13:08
I also see the graphics card problems remotely :-(
– Olav
Commented Nov 29, 2012 at 22:45
Interesting. I would guess it is a software problem and not a hardware problem, then. Can you boot of the installation media and see if the problem persists?
– Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen
Commented Nov 30, 2012 at 15:25
Its a kind of problem common in G5, related to damages to the graphics card:
– Olav
Commented Nov 30, 2012 at 17:36

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