ARD curtain mode problem

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ARD curtain mode problem

I've got a problem with the current version of Apple Remote Desktop at work.

Whenever I activate "curtain mode" on a remote machine and then disconnect without first disabling curtain mode, I can't reconnect or control the remote machine (or login locally) without doing a local hard reboot on it.

ARD is running on a machine with 10.5.8 and remote machine is running 10.4.11.

Has anyone else experienced this issue?

2009 Mac Pro, 2.26 Octo, 8 GB RAM, ATI 4870, HP LP2475w, Mac OS X (10.5.8), 2006 Mac Pro & MacBook Pro @ work

Posted on Mar 24, 2010 3:52 PM

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Answer 1

Mar 29, 2010 8:45 PM in response to Kevin M. Cox

While I have not forgotten to disconnect, but have had a prior version of ARD crash and ended up with the exact same results. It seems that the remote system is locked to that particular session from the Admin ARD machine as relaunching ARD still would not let me connect.

Security wise it is nice, but not being able to connect even from the same Admin system is a royal pain.

What version of ARD are you running?

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Answer 2

May 3, 2010 2:12 PM in response to Kevin M. Cox

I have the same problem and it's driving me crazy. While it's probably good for me to walk over to the classroom where the mac isn't connected, it certainly disrupts the flow of my work.

doesn't look like anyone has answered this, so maybe it's just you and me, kevin.

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Answer 3

May 3, 2010 2:16 PM in response to kilngoddess

the clients are running 10.5.8 and the ard console is 3.2.2 and running 10.5.8.

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Answer 4

Jun 28, 2010 8:47 AM in response to kilngoddess

I'm having the same problem. I have to restart the computer (either via power switch or ssh) to get ARD to start working again.

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Answer 5

geerm

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Jun 29, 2010 12:27 PM in response to Kevin M. Cox

I've just gotten out of the same issue, here's the thing that worked for me.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2477567&tstart=0

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