From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 23 18:21:44 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A671FBA for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 18:21:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paul@kraus-haus.org) Received: from mail-la0-f54.google.com (mail-la0-f54.google.com [209.85.215.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B7D78FC1A for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 18:21:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-la0-f54.google.com with SMTP id j13so8949948lah.13 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:21:42 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=NqUeZuLTcLgAJjnBBxTHewgNKgNiBFo/MpKg6wpPq5E=; b=CZzhF0W7fKv23vV9p720JFzY81fg/uARWSgq/Jn/ogyijI59hSu9juRvMaAcQSmPvQ GP1x0EK2+D1TSbnHB/xjiv2A4YBw+QZ1l7Ph5ZYAg/xD5SS0k0Jp2SiXMpIrkm7geWoH KDO1hgd23SzzVBMb1K9L4Ep0v4rHQKfaWK3LNdYyQuKYS2DEkQWmRrXdXFIY8YEnvXXV M8XiczUoH3hgLg6jdBLf3Y8zv8MSX2gVcmGxXKEJQYB+VhTEzD67LVYXI2aMvsc+PfNa YR2nwaVPW7izMKLbLZdx88zcdRHcicmiVVCCg7wAxcqFs+oWrdfi29Kzyj8YT7erKfD2 KCFQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.152.106.212 with SMTP id gw20mr4222534lab.8.1353694902249; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:21:42 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.27.138 with HTTP; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:21:42 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:21:42 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Odd X11 over SSH issue From: Paul Kraus To: Adam Vande More Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkizsqoKtx4RP/HNZKKotXjAoIe1HkpX8x9bZUKEiHZOdJAPQlyzkfiDf4d/fh/OU/zTYh9 Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 18:21:44 -0000 On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Paul Kraus wrote: >> >> I am seeing very poor response time running the VitrualBox GUI via X11 >> tunneled over SSH via the Internet. The issue _appears_ to be limited >> to the VBox GUI as Firefox is reasonable. I am well aware of the >> latency issues tunneling X11 over SSH across the Internet, but that is >> what we are stuck with for the moment. The server is running FreeBSD 9 >> and is patched as of about 4 weeks ago. > > Start it with "--graphicssystem native" Tried it, did not make any noticeable difference, still over a minute to open the window, but thanks for the suggestion. VBox is version 4.1.22_OSE. -- {--------1---------2---------3---------4---------5---------6---------7---------} Paul Kraus -> Principal Consultant, Business Information Technology Systems -> Deputy Technical Director, LoneStarCon 3 (http://lonestarcon3.org/) -> Sound Coordinator, Schenectady Light Opera Company ( http://www.sloctheater.org/ ) -> Technical Advisor, Troy Civic Theatre Company -> Technical Advisor, RPI Players