Re: [coLinux-users] Xrealvnc uses all my CPU

[Robert B. <ro...@ro...>]

James Hirschorn wrote:
> I recently setup my native linux operating system to run under coLinux. It was 
> amazing!
>
> Unfortunately, after a couple of hours colinux became so slow that it was 
> unusable. The Xrealvnc executable was using about 75% of the colinux CPU, and 
> the colinux-daemon about 80-90% of the Windows XP CPU. 
>
> I have no previous experience with the VNC server. My KDE desktop demands a 
> lot of resources to run all the applications. Is this a known issue with VNC? 
> Is Cgywin X more suitable for more instensive use? (I haven't tried it out 
> yet.)
>   

Cygwin X (Why not Xming, saves all the cygwin overhead) should be a lot 
easier on the CPU, though it may require more effort to set-up. XDMCP 
from Xming is probably the least CPU intensive route to take, and should 
be reasonably easy to set-up (google for XDMCP howto).

Robert.