Hi,
> I've just got vnc-3.3.3r2 and I'm having problems getting the viewer to
> run on this Linux machine.
>
> linux% ./vncserver
> linux% ./vncviewer :1
> VNC server default format:
> 8 bits per pixel.
> True colour: max red 7 green 7 blue 3, shift red 0 green 3 blue 6
> Can't cope with 24 bits-per-pixel. Sorry.
>
> linux% ./vncserver -depth 24
> linux% ./vncviewer :1
> VNC server default format:
> 32 bits per pixel.
> Least significant byte first in each pixel.
> True colour: max red 255 green 255 blue 255, shift red 0 green 8 blue 16
> Can't cope with 24 bits-per-pixel. Sorry.
>
> Here's, hopefully, the pertinent bits of xdpyinfo.
>
> linux% xdpyinfo
> ...
> bitmap unit, bit order, padding: 32, LSBFirst, 32
> image byte order: LSBFirst
> number of supported pixmap formats: 2
> supported pixmap formats:
> depth 1, bits_per_pixel 1, scanline_pad 32
> depth 24, bits_per_pixel 24, scanline_pad 32
> ...
> screen #0:
> dimensions: 1280x1024 pixels (433x347 millimeters)
> resolution: 75x75 dots per inch
> depths (1): 24
> root window id: 0x26
> depth of root window: 24 planes
> number of colormaps: minimum 1, maximum 1
> default colormap: 0x23
> default number of colormap cells: 256
> preallocated pixels: black 0, white 16777215
> ...
> number of visuals: 1
> default visual id: 0x22
> visual:
> visual id: 0x22
> class: TrueColor
> depth: 24 planes
> available colormap entries: 256 per subfield
> red, green, blue masks: 0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
> significant bits in color specification: 8 bits
>
> Is vncviewer basically telling me it will never work when displaying to
> a 24-bit X server? That seems strange. Given the vncserver is 8-bit
> I'd have thought a 256-entry LUT would be sufficient to map to X server
> Pixel values.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
OK, I'm sorry. I forgot to say the magic word.
Please, What am I doing wrong? :-)
Ralph.
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