Screen sharing and vnc not working

OSX Lion Screen Sharing
I was using screen sharing on OSX Leopard using VNC Viewer.  Even after upgrading to OSX Lion this worked ok.  But then the other day there was an update to screen sharing which I applied.  This first, switced screen sharing off, so I have switched it back on.
However now my VNC client no longer works with Screen Sharing.  I get the new login screen but at that point all keyboard and mouse input is ignored and is therefore unusable.
This was working ok before the screen sharing update.
Anyone else had this issue?

Thanks but that is talking about using VNC on a Mac rather than connecting to a Mac with a VNC, my VNC client is running on windows.  Also, since my original post, TightVNC has also experienced the same issues with OSX Lions Screen Sharing so its not just a RealVNC issue.
I did manage to connect once, just after rebooting OSX and that session worked fine, subsequent sessions exhibited the same issue though.

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