[FreeNX-kNX] poor performance over ADSL - what settings are best?

[Tomasz Chmielewski]

> Argh, I see the problem.
> 
> You have not done RTFM ;-). (Well, I see there is not much M there, so its 
> ok ;-) )
> 
> Please run a whole desktop and compare performance than. By using just a 
> single application, you have big latency problems - unless you activate 
> Rootless mode.

yes I tried to run a single application in a rootless mode, too - woow 
that was fast, really - but then it behaved strangely (like running 
Thunderbird mail client -> Composing new message -> then closing this 
new window -> whole mail client closed instead of just "new message" 
window; and other strange things happening).

that just means I need to perform more tests (which may be a good 
beginning for a simple HOWTO).

> See more information in the FAQ.

I would if I knew where it was :)) (now I do)


> _This_ was the reason, why I did not want to add single application mode to 
> FreeNX, because I knew that people would do that "mistake".
> 
> I think of adding a new option to node.conf, which warns the user if he runs a 
> single application mode session and compression is set to modem (so he is 
> most probably using a high-latency link).
> 
> Single application "floating window" mode should just be used in LAN settings 
> until rootless mode is finished.

OK, I see.
Hopefully nomachine NX and free NX will get better one day :) (do you 
know KDE's krdc VNC client and it's "scale" feature - which allows you 
to "scale" the whole desktop window down to a size you want (and still 
work with it), like if it was scaling image with GIMP).


Tomek