[mythtv-users] How do you speed up screen refreshes in VNC when MythTV (Mythbuntu) is in OpenGL Mode?

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>> I have done a quick search and it appears adding -noxdamage somewhere
>> may help but I have no idea which file to edit for this?
>
> Since you are running Mythbuntu, you could try adding -noxdamage to
> the shell script that launches the x11vnc server.
>
> You would edit /usr/share/mythbuntu/session.sh
>
> The command to launch x11vnc would have some options like such:
>
> x11vnc -rfbauth $PASSWORD -rfbport 5900 -shared -forever -nowf -norc
> -notruecolor -bg
>
> and you could try changing that to:
>
> x11vnc -rfbauth $PASSWORD -rfbport 5900 -shared -forever -nowf -norc
> -notruecolor -noxdamage -bg
>
> haven't tried it, so, YMMV

Brilliant - this has made it much, much better.  I just needed to know
where to add the  -noxdamage command.  If you do not want to be
messing with new X sessions, SSH etc you just want to connect to your
MythTV boxes without having your TV on etc this fix makes using VNC
usable (for me at least) when in OpenGL mode.  When I was researching
a solution to the problem I think one side affect mentioned is it can
drastically increase network VNC traffic I am not bothered as I only
occasionally VNC to them once everything is configured.  Using
Mythbuntu 9.10 with UltraVNC viewer in Windows.  Thanks.