Repeated disk accesses when running VNC

[walter kwaan]

its possible that the machine is hitting the disk due to swap...  how much
memory is on the machine and how much software is running?


At 03:05 PM 1/26/00 -0500, toxic gas fumes from over the wall made Bird,
Michael L. write:
>I should say not.  I do not experience that problem any of the machines on
>which I have installed VNC
>
>Michael L. Bird
>Systems Project Coordinator
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> -----Original Message-----
>From: 	James (Wez) Weatherall [mailto:jnw22 "at" cam.ac.uk] 
>Sent:	Friday, January 21, 2000 7:21 AM
>To:	vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com
>Subject:	Re: Repeated disk accesses when running VNC
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>> I have recently installed VNC on my machine (PC, Windows 98)
>> and it appears to work as expected.
>>
>> However, while VNC is active and waiting for an external
>> connection it continually accesses the hard disk. It does this every
>> 2-3 seconds. I have concerns that this will reduce the lifetime of the
>> drive. It is also annoying to have it continually clicking away.
>>
>> Is this normal?  Is there anything that can be done to reduce disk
>> usage?
>
>Are you sure you're not running WinVNC with debug settings enabled, or with
>a virus killer running or similar?
>
>James "Wez" Weatherall
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