VNC Issues

[Benedict Verheyen]

Matthew S-H wrote:
> I have recently been using VNC quite often to access my desktop when away.
> Recently, I have run into some problems though:
> 
> 1. Speed. Note that this is a NEW issue. Up until a day or two ago, I 
> was able to run VNC at a tolerable speed. Now, however, it seems to be 
> lagging tremendously. It takes practically forever just to see the mouse 
> move. And NO settings were changed on the client. It should be noted 
> that I upgraded to Hoary right after the final release and that this 
> problem started occurring some time within the last week (I have been on 
> a /vacation/ from VNC for the past week). This bothers me, however, 
> because I commonly use the computer over VNC.
> 
> 2. Startup. This is a problem I can more easily describe. The VNC server 
> doesn't start until I log in. I often-times must reboot my computer 
> remotely. After a reboot, I am unable to access the computer 
> (graphically--I can still use SSH) until I can physically sit in front 
> of the computer and login to GNOME. Is there any way to get around this? 
> My ideas (although I don't know how to do them) are the following:
> a) Modify some startup file to start the VNC server immediately so that 
> I can use it to login.
> b) Use the command line (via SSH) to either:
> b1) Login to GNOME
> b2) Start the VNC server
> 
> Note that my temporary solution to this problem has been to set up my 
> computer to automatically log me in after 2 minutes. Although this 
> works, it is not desirable. i would rather not allow unrestricted login 
> to someone without a password, and I would rather not wait 2 minutes 
> (which is less of a problem).
> 
> 
> Anyway, thank you very much for your help. Any and all responses will be 
> greatly appreciated.
> 
> ~Matt
> 

I always use VNC over an SSH tunnel: it's secure and runs faster.

Regards,
Benedict

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