VNC incredibly slow (SuSE)

Brian Knoblauch · 07-29-2005, 08:37 AM

Any tips on speeding up VNC for remote access on a SuSE box? It seems to have this bad habit of redrawing the background even when it doesn't need it. What's worse is that it completely repaints it each time. I have a solid color background and it's only marginally faster than the default "complex" background!

Application windows refresh very quickly as long as one doesn't end up exposing the background and causing a painful background refresh!

Not a problem on the LAN (10mbps), but across a VPN into a limited upstream data rate location (512kbps) it's a HUGE issue (takes 1-2 minutes to refresh the background, and during that time all you can do is sit and watch).

ctkroeker · 07-30-2005, 04:49 PM

Aren't there options to change the refresh rate in VNC? Find out.

mike105105 · 07-30-2005, 07:15 PM

You should check out freenx, it is based on nomachines nx technology. Very smart and very fast.

Mike