Re: [gentoo-amd64] Can I run a complete desktop remotely?

["Conway S. Smith" <beolach@comcast.net>]

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On Sat, 26 May 2007 21:29:52 +0100
Simon Cooper <thecoop@runbox.com> wrote:
> As a side point, would it be possible to run an accelerated X client 
> with the nvidia drivers? eg, have a standard X server, and the X
> client uses the nvidia drivers - would that result in a hardware
> accelerated session (given a fast enough network)?
> 

No, the hardware acceleration has to be on the X Server (the display)
side.  But the client side can take advantage of the server's hardware
acceleration, even if the client doesn't have hardware of its own.  The
X-over-SSH2 link from my earlier email talks about running TuxRacer on
a host w/out hardware acceleration, displayed over a network on a X
Server that did have acceleration.  There is a very noticeable
framerate drop due to the network & compression/decompression &
encryption/decryption overhead, but in the TuxRace example he does call
it "playable".  I dunno that I'd agree w/ that, unless you have both a
really fast network & really fast processors on both the client &
server.


Conway S. Smith

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