Hi Steve, Yes, simply start your VNC Servers with whatever pixel format the broken applications require.
Regards, -- Wez @ RealVNC Ltd > -----Original Message----- > From: Dorland, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 09 April 2008 16:43 > To: James Weatherall > Cc: vnc-list@realvnc.com > Subject: RE: Help about SDL abnormal color display in VNC viewer. > > > > > > Hi James, > > > > When an application does this, is there a fix or workaround? > Two apps that have been brought to my attention here are > firefox (in which all the links are red instead of blue) and > xcmap (which comes up red - evidently it's supposed to be blue). > > > > Thanks, > > Steve. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Weatherall > Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 3:12 AM > To: 'Alex Chen'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: vnc-list@realvnc.com > Subject: RE: Help about SDL abnormal color display in VNC viewer. > > > > Alex, > > > > I'm afraid that I can't find any such post to this mailing > list. If the red > > & blue components are swapped in an application then that > does invariably > > mean that the application is ignoring the actual format of > depth-24 pixels, > > and assuming an RGB format, while Xvnc currently defaults to BGR (for > > historical reasons). > > > > Cheers, > > > > -- > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex Chen > > > Sent: 08 April 2008 02:56 > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Cc: vnc-list@realvnc.com > > > Subject: Re: Help about SDL abnormal color display in VNC viewer. > > > > > > Hi DongXiao, > > > > > > I have met a similar issue but I am not sure whether it is > > > exactly same. > > > please find "It seems SDL exchanges R & B channels, but turn > > > out VNC related" topic in the list, hope it could help you > > > > > > --Alex > > > > > > On 4/3/08, James Weatherall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Paresh, > > > > > > > > I'm afraid that you are mistaken. What I described is the VNC > > > > Viewer's Low Colour feature, used by default for slow connections. > > > > > > > > The XRANDR extension affects the size of the X desktop, its > > > rotation, > > > > and in the latest spec the positions of physical display devices' > > > > viewports. It doesn't affect the X desktop's colours, so > > > I'm not sure > > > > why you think XRANDR is causing whatever "weird colours" you're > > > > seeing. > > > > > > > > What is the "VNC session window resize problem" that you refer to? > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > > > From: paresh masani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Sent: 03 April 2008 16:19 > > > > > To: James Weatherall > > > > > > > > > Cc: Xu Dongxiao; vnc-list@realvnc.com > > > > > Subject: Re: Help about SDL abnormal color display in > VNC viewer. > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > This happens for me as well if i open my VNC session of other > > > > > monitor which will have monitor size different. It is > > > showing weird > > > > > colors.Could anyone suggest regarding this issue? Is it > > > related to > > > > > 24 bit color problem? > > > > > > > > > > I think this is happening because of the VNC session > > > window resize > > > > > problem and current VNC dont have XRANDR supports. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Paresh > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 4/3/08, James Weatherall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi again, > > > > > > > > > > Sorry - one other thing I forgot to mention is that > > > if you are > > > > > connecting to > > > > > your VNC Server over a slow link then it will use > a reduced > > > > > colour level, > > > > > which may lead to colours being approximated by a > > > more limited > > > > > palette. You > > > > > should configure your VNC Viewer to use "full-colour" > > > > > if you need to see > > > > > exact colours. > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: Xu Dongxiao [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Sent: 03 April 2008 14:57 > > > > > > To: James Weatherall > > > > > > Cc: vnc-list@realvnc.com > > > > > > Subject: Re: Help about SDL abnormal color > display in VNC > > > > > viewer. > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, James, > > > > > > Thanks for your reply! > > > > > > I have put the picture on this website: > > > > > > http://bbs.nju.edu.cn/file/P/prece/color.jpg > > > > > > I also swap the red color and blue color on > the above > > > > > > image, but the color is still not correct. > > > > > > > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > > > > Xu Dongxiao > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > VNC-List mailing list > > > > > VNC-List@realvnc.com > > > > > To remove yourself from the list visit: > > > > > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > VNC-List mailing list > > > > VNC-List@realvnc.com > > > > To remove yourself from the list visit: > > > > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > VNC-List mailing list > > > VNC-List@realvnc.com > > > To remove yourself from the list visit: > > > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > VNC-List mailing list > > VNC-List@realvnc.com > > To remove yourself from the list visit: > > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > > _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
