vnc vs freeNX

[James Weatherall]

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:1.41421 "at" gmail.com] 
> Sent: 14 February 2006 15:42
> To: James Weatherall
> Subject: Re: vnc vs freeNX
> 
> 
> 
> On 2/14/06, James Weatherall <jnw "at" realvnc.com> 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: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com
> 	> [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of JCA
> 	> Sent: 14 February 2006 13:06 
> 	> To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> 	> 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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