[ale] VNC very slow at displaying background

[Michael D. Hirsch]

On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 17:12, James Taylor wrote:
> I'm using krdc and there's a setting that allows you to disable the
> background which seem to help performance.
> I also have a selection of dialup, broadband or lan speed for
> connection type, which I assumes adjusts for performance.
> I believe you can also enable local caching and cache size.

Do you know where that setting is?  I can't find it on the GUI, not in
the krdcrc file.  The documentation doesn't mention it, either.

Thanks,

Michael

> -jt
> 
> James Taylor
> The East Cobb Group, Inc.
> james.taylor at eastcobbgroup.com
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> 
> >>> mhirsch at nubridges.com 11/12/2004 5:15:31 PM >>>
> I've just started seriously using VNC this week, and there is something
> I 
> don't get.  Why is it that I can display a full screen Evolution
> windows 
> fairly quickly--that's a screen full of carachters and other small
> graphics-- 
> but when I try to display my screen background it slows to a crawl.
> 
> I figured it was most likely the gradient in the image.  That would
> make 
> sense.  So I now have a solid color background.  It is just one color
> all the 
> way across, and there is no noticable improvement in speed.  It is
> still 
> faster to display graphics.
> 
> Anyone else experienced this?
> 
> I'm using the RHEL Xvnc server and either tight VNC or the KDE client 
> Krdc--both are like that, so I don't think it is the client.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Michael
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