Hello. I'm somewhat new to in-depth X-ness, but I've been following a usenet thread, and the following post came up: [I apologize if my in-depth-newbieness shows through; please be patient :]
"I wish X11 were good enough I could resolve 2 real world problems my company is having with it's use. 1) Some older custom written (contractor) X11 apps served from a Big Endian OS that pukes when Xinput can't provide a Big Endian response back from an X86 Linux boxen. There is no source code, and the contractor is no longer in business. The app has no commercial equivalent. 2) With a fixed 60ms delay between remote sites, a Remote X11 Client/Server application takes almost a second per mouse (xinput) selection for a database app just for a menu response to manifest itself at the display. The same app locally is instantaneous. The problem is bi-directional because X11 is non-asynchronous multiple transactions with it's X11 client/server handshaking (font, colors, geometry, xinput, menu population, etc.). At 60ms per handshake, it adds up to unacceptable application delay. The solution seems to be only to access a remote Windows 2000 Terminal Server (using ICA/RDP) that has a local proximity X11 server to the X11 application host, and deal with a single compressed stream of ICA display data across the WAN." It got me thinking about X over long distances and how much it *can* be a pain. I then thought of an idea: what if the widget libraries, instead of being local to the client, were also made available local to the server? That is, the client makes a request through X to load widget library WidgeLib, and then only asks the library to draw things through the X interface. Sort of like Button(x, y, text) or whatever. Then the button drawing is all local to the server, not over the link. As an aside, what all is being done to make X work better over long distances? And what is being done for native security, not only encryption over the link, but also for authentication? Thanks, and I hope the ideas/questions aren't too silly. -Joseph -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "We're moving toward a world where all the capabilities of the Internet are reprocessed through a single filter, with Microsoft's business plan behind it." Mozilla's Mitchell Baker, http://news.com.com/2100-1023-941926.html _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
