VNC Issues

[Matthew S-H]

What do you mean and how might I do this?

~Matt


On Apr 21, 2005, at 5:59 AM, Benedict Verheyen wrote:

> 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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