>From: Ralph Corderoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Sat Feb 24 2001 8:06am
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Cc: jensen
>Subj: Re: Where to Find Answer on 24-bit Unix X VNC Client.
>
>
>Hi Freddy,
>
>> > Where's the best place to look for an answer on whether the X VNC
>> > client on Unix will work on a 24-bit Display?
>>
>> I run it all the time on both 8,16, and 24 bit displays. Both the
>> Xvnc server and viewer seem to work just fine at all depths.
>
>Thanks for that, in which case I'm still puzzled over this error I
>reported previously.
>
> 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.
>
>
>Ralph.
Ralph,
What you need to do is launch the vncserver like this:
vncserver -depth 24
I have a small launch wrapper that also supplies a
few other arguments like this:
vncserver :${DISPLAY} -name ${MY_HOST}-DeskTop1 -depth ${DEPTH} -deferupdate 1
-geometry 1280x1024 &
Freddy
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