Cygwin X - Vast performance difference between X-over-ssh and xdmcp

[Jim Garrison]

On 4/27/2024 13:56, jojelino via Cygwin wrote:
> On 4/28/2024 4:36 AM, Jim Garrison via Cygwin wrote:
>> The speed difference is stark.  With X-over-ssh Eclipse is unusable, 
>> PyCharm barely so.  When running in an xdmcp session both are 
>> blazingly fast with no detectable lag.
>>
>> What would make such a huge difference?
> 
> Why don't you allow Compression in sshd_config? there's no skin support 
> in those IDEs..
> 

Compression is on.  An example... in X-over-ssh, the simple action of 
displaying a dropdown menu in Eclipse takes 1500-2000 ms.  In xdmcp it's 
not perceptible.

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Jim Garrison
jhg@acm.org