On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 16:16 +0200, Gilboa Davara wrote: > Hello list, > > I need help. > I'm trying to help my Windows-using-coworkers access my Linux (FC, CENT, > RHEL) farm from their Windows (yuck!) desktops and I'm a bit stuck. > > 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 alternating the Windows client (from > RealVNC to UltraVNC) the problem remained. Plus, VNC still has that > annoying lag, even on switched GbE network. > 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. > Next came X-Deep32 which works ~OK when combined with SSH tunneling but > I can't seem to get it to create an xdmcp session. > > I can go with the Uber-solution (get Exceed for each workstation) but I > rather not scare my boss with >500$ per workstation licensing fee. At > least not now. > > Any ideas? > Gilboa > After a long tedious trouble-shooting, the source of the problem was found. It seems that the on-board Intel GbE NIC on two machines were malfunctioning. Once we replaced them with external NICs, the VNC sessions stabilized. Thanks for the help, Gilboa
