Re: [gtk-vnc-devel] [PATCH 7/7] Enable local_pointer by default to make aiming easy on high-latency X connections 2008-12-17 Federico Mena Quintero <federico novell com>

[Anthony Liguori <anthony codemonkey ws>]

Federico Mena Quintero wrote:
>         * src/vncdisplay.c (vnc_display_init): Enable local_pointer by
>         default, so that we get a local cursor to make aiming easy.
>         Otherwise, we have to wait for the VNC server to tell us to
>         paint the cursor (or the plain screen image if VNC cursors are
>         not supported).  This makes things much more usable when gtk-vnc
>         is being proxied (say) over SSH to a remote, low-bandwith X server.
>   

There is a public method for toggling this.  You should be changing the 
client (virt-viewer), not gtk-vnc.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori