How to speed up refresh for remote X11 displays via ssh

[Dave Feustel]

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 01:15:44AM +0200, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Dave Feustel wrote:
> > I now have X11 via ssh working on F9, but refresh of the remote X11
> > window is extremely slow, even over a 1GB switch.  Is there a way to
> > speed up the refresh?
> 
> Are you using the -C (compress) switch to ssh? If you aren't, try it.
> 
>         Kevin Kofler

Using the -C flag and invoking XMaple, it takes 1'38" to load the
initial screens. This over a 1G switch. The delay is repeated every time
the maple windows need to be repainted. The delay makes remote X11 way
too slow for XMaple.