[sllug-members]: Remote Desktop Through 2 SSH Tunnels

[Mike Potter]

Corey Edwards wrote:
> On localhost VNC tries to use RAW encoding because it'll be better
> quality given the unlimited bandwidth. But that fails when localhost is
> really an SSH tunnel. Try forcing a compressed encoding instead:
> 
>         $ xtightvncviewer -encodings "tight copyrect" localhost:0
> 


Corey,

Thanks, that improves the speed a bit. I was just hoping to avoid the whole vnc 
server installation all together by using Remote Desktop. But this is what I 
will use if there is no other option.