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. > > _______________________________________________ > > VNC-List mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[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
