Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] WG: Wireshark 1.0.3

From: Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:48:22 -0700
Peter Harris wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Eder, Norbert wrote:
>> Can you give me some config Values, that there are not so much traffic (for
>> X11 forwarding) ??
>> Shell I compile it with some special options?
>> Use some other packages??
> 
> What does xdpyinfo say? Make sure the RENDER extension is enabled.
> 
> GTK2 uses anti-aliased fonts, which chew up a lot of bandwidth if
> RENDER is not enabled.

If you're forwarding the X11 connections over SSH, the -X option is much more
restrictive than the -Y option about which extensions can be used, including RENDER.