Ha! That explains why I never see the screensaver on my headless machines. I always thought they just woke up...like they would whenever I moved the mouse on my main machine.
Learned something new today. Thanks, Rich -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gobbledegeek Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 5:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Headless PC: Who does the graphics? OK . So I should be able to use an office application or console no problem, but I cannot view the xscreensaver running on vnc server etc.. thats what u are saying. Got it. Thanks for the clarif.!! Rgrds > VNC works with the in-memory display buffer, before it gets passed to > the graphics card for any additional processing. So, for example, > when connecting to a Windows VNC server you'll find that any > applications using the GPU for DirectDraw functionality (such as Media > Player) will show as only a black box (since the CPU is leaving the > rendering of this to the GPU). Most of the time this doesn't matter > as anything needing to use the GPU for accelerated rendering won't > update quickly enough over a VNC connection. Similar things happen > with a UNIX/Linux VNC server (though there tends to be fewer > applications making use of the GPU) - so while I can use VNC to > navigate the menus on my MythTV system, as soon as I start the TV mode > (or DVDs, videos, etc) all I get is a black box. > > HTH, > Robin > - _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
