From: Christopher R. <cj...@tr...> - 2010-06-02 08:14:07
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On Wednesday 02 Jun 2010, fermulator wrote: > I've been using rdesktop for a while now, v1.60 latest on Ubuntu 9.04. > My biggest (and only) complaint/problem with it is that when "mouse > movement events" are enabled (default), this consumes A LOT of upload > bandwidth. For me, when I'm connected to a Windows machine via > rdesktop, and I "jiggle" the mouse, it will consume all available upload > bandwidth (50KB/s+). Even in normal usage, it will consume on average > 20-30KB/s, and still peak to the max 50KB/s. This does not go over well > when other users in the house are trying to use the Internet (especially > if they're playing a game, or talking on a VoIP phone...) > > Disabling mouse movement events (-m) is a workaround, but not really > acceptable because almost everything in Windows relies on movements > events (highlighting text, dragging windows, mousing over a sub-area for > scrolling, etc.). > > Does anyone have any experience with this problem, and is it easily > resolved? The following two switches may help you: -z: enable rdp compression -x: RDP5 experience (m[odem 28.8], b[roadband], l[an] or hex nr.) -- Chris Roberts |