Semi-OT: VNC Alternatives.

[Gilboa Davara]

On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 12:07 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 08:16, Gilboa Davara wrote:
> > My initial thought was VNC. I've created a couple of VNC accounts on
> > each server and configured each of accounts to run KDE.
> > Amazingly enough, the solution seem to be working just fine (considering
> > the number of active KDE sessions) but soon enough, I started getting
> > Windows client disconnect errors which do not seem to relate to server
> > load and/or network load.
> 
> ...
> 
> > I tried cygwin/X based solution. But cygwin/X is getting severe tearing
> > and update problems  (both under SSH/tunneling and xdmcp session) which
> > renders it too unstable in my eyes.
> 
> I think you have some underlying network problem. Freenx might help
> by reducing bandwidth needs but you should fix the real issue. Either
> of those methods should be usable.

I should make it clear that most of the problems occur when I connect
over xdmcp.
However, when when I use the -multiwindow, KDE menus are slow to update
and at times, I get tearing effects when the mouse is moved too fast.
As for network problem, I doubt it.
My FC4 workstation sits on the same network segment as both clients and
servers and I see no problems on my side. (When tunneling X over SSH)
The FreeNX is indeed an interesting option. Hopefully with some work, I
can get the NX source to compile on x86-64.

Gilboa

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