JCA,

The option in question is PointerEventInterval, e.g.

vncviewer -PointerEventInterval=500

Will specify that pointer movement events should normally be sent only every
500ms.

Regards,

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: JCA [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: 14 February 2006 15:42
> To: James Weatherall
> Subject: Re: vnc vs freeNX
> 
> 
> 
> On 2/14/06, James Weatherall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>       JCA,
>       
>       See 
> http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/winvncviewer.html#Inp
> ut for the
>       pointer rate-limiting option, which can be set as a 
> default for all 
>       connections, or saved with a .vnc configuration file.
> 
> 
> 
>    In my  Inputs tab I have  4 check boxes:  View Only, 
> Accept clipboard from server, 
> Send clipboard to server, and  Send primary selection... 
> 
>    Perhaps this is one of those Windows-only options? I am 
> running my vncviewer on a Linux box.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>       See
>       
> http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/winvncviewer.html#Col
> ourEncoding
>       for the colour & encoding options.  In particular, 
> these let you reduce the 
>       colour depth of the connection to reduce the required 
> bandwidth (at the cost
>       of appearance).  Again, these can be saved to be defaults.
>       
>       Regards,
>       
>       Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.
>       
>       
>       > -----Original Message----- 
>       > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>       > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JCA
>       > Sent: 14 February 2006 13:06 
>       > To: [email protected]
>       > Subject: RE: vnc vs freeNX
>       >
>       > > Over very slow lines such as those, you'll want to 
> enable "Pointer
>       > > rate-limiting" in VNC Viewer.  Without this, the channel 
>       > from server to
>       > > viewer can get saturated with TCP acknowledgements,
>       > preventing updates
>       > from
>       > > getting through.
>       >
>       >    How does one set that? I am running 4.1.1 and the 
>       > vncviewer program does
>       > not offer that option. Also,
>       > when I bring up a VNC desktop, on pressing the F8 key I get a
>       > menu which
>       > does not contain such an
>       > option.
>       >
>       >    I would really like to get any acceleration that I can 
>       > for, after playing
>       > with NX, and while acknowledging
>       > that it outperforms VNC over very slow connections, NX is
>       > such a mess to set
>       > up and configure (even when
>       > you know exactly what among the many packages one should 
>       > install) that I'd
>       > rather tweak VNC to run a
>       > bit faster whenever that is possible.
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