[Bug 732843] Re: True Color 24 bit max

2011-03-11 Thread afspear
I think I will add a feature request at rdesktop. I am using Gnome-RDP + rdesktop on my Ubuntu 10.10 laptop to connect to a Windows 7 box over Wifi. The software I'm mainly using is the graphics intensive Google Sketchup which is easy, free CAD. The screen transition is relativley smooth, and I'

[Bug 732843] Re: True Color 24 bit max

2011-03-11 Thread Stephen Phillips
Just FYI, on the Windows side, it looks like it only supports up to 24-bits. Here is a quote from technet: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457106.aspx "Remote Desktop supports as many colors as the client computer will support, up to 24-bit color. It automatically detects the colo

[Bug 732843] Re: True Color 24 bit max

2011-03-11 Thread James P Michels III
gnome-rdp front-ends rdesktop, therefore... >From the rdesktop man page. -a Sets the colour depth for the connection (8, 15, 16 or 24). More than 8 bpp are only supported when connecting to Windows XP (up to 16 bpp) or newer. Note that the colour depth may also be limit