Wayne Throop wrote: > > Running a vncviewer inside an X terminal session on J.Random Host is a > very poor performer (eg, an NCD, but the query applies to tektronix, or > anything else). The vncviewer works well when the X server is local, > but when it isn't, the fact that all the graphic ops go over the net > without optimization between the login host and the terminal > (among other problems) slows things waaaaaaay down.
Well, I agree that it is a bit slower from the Xterm (NCD Thinstar, HMX, etc) than from teh server console but dropping it to 8 bit color helps some. How fast is your network? It seems to work fine as long as I am using it on campus (fast network) but I suspect that it'd be pretty slow going across slow networks. We have some sites with 56k lines and we'll need all the help we can get managing those machines! > But of course... there's no reason the vncviewer > process couldn't run as a native app on the X terminal itself, > like the setup menus, or the native window manager, and the > login monitor and so forth. Should be plenty fast. That would be pretty neat. If such a beast existed we could have a terminal set up in the helpdesk area that ran vncviewer only... Janyne Kizer --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
