Kent Kostuk wrote: > > Just for completeness, Kayvan's suggestion was bang on. > > I have found that using a Windows based X-server and running LyX > remotely works better from a performance perspective but VNC is a > cheaper and more stable approach (no crashes).
I too have had difficulties getting LyX to work with VNC. The solution which worked for me was to start the VNC server with the command: vncserver -depth 32 -geometry 1024x768 -pixelformat rgb888 :1 The vnc documentation says that 1024x768 is the default. But I found that the screen looked different when the geometry argument was omitted. If you are using MS windows for the front end, you need to set the resolution to something greater than the server's 1024x768. If not, the desktop will not fit within the frontend window, and you will need to use the (annoying) scroll bars to access the desktop in full. If the frontend video card cannot cope with higher resolutions, then reduce the VNC server to 800x600 and try agaim. To me it is important to be able to access the full Unix desktop with having to resort to scroll bars. Also the higher the resolution the better (but I think that this probably results in a performance hit). I arrived at the above by unconprehending trial and error. There may be more sane and/or optimal combinations of pixelformat and depth. John O'Gorman > > What kind of results have others had using a Windows based X-server to > remotely access LyX on a Linux box on the same local network? > > Kent >
