Personal note. I wonder if this may be the source of the problem: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#poor-performance On Fri, 2005-11-04 at 00:28 +0200, Gilboa Davara wrote: > On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 12:07 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: > > On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 08:16, Gilboa Davara wrote: > > > My initial thought was VNC. I've created a couple of VNC accounts on > > > each server and configured each of accounts to run KDE. > > > Amazingly enough, the solution seem to be working just fine (considering > > > the number of active KDE sessions) but soon enough, I started getting > > > Windows client disconnect errors which do not seem to relate to server > > > load and/or network load. > > > > ... > > > > > I tried cygwin/X based solution. But cygwin/X is getting severe tearing > > > and update problems (both under SSH/tunneling and xdmcp session) which > > > renders it too unstable in my eyes. > > > > I think you have some underlying network problem. Freenx might help > > by reducing bandwidth needs but you should fix the real issue. Either > > of those methods should be usable. > > I should make it clear that most of the problems occur when I connect > over xdmcp. > However, when when I use the -multiwindow, KDE menus are slow to update > and at times, I get tearing effects when the mouse is moved too fast. > As for network problem, I doubt it. > My FC4 workstation sits on the same network segment as both clients and > servers and I see no problems on my side. (When tunneling X over SSH) > The FreeNX is indeed an interesting option. Hopefully with some work, I > can get the NX source to compile on x86-64. > > Gilboa > > > > > -- > > Les Mikesell > > lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx > > > > >
