>From looking at the source, the -depth option is ignored unless the
-truecolor option is also supplied. This seems to work for me:
vncviewer -depth 24 host:0 comes up 8BPP.
vncviewer -depth 24 -truecolor host:0 comes up truecolor.
According to Edwin Goei:
> Hi, I haven't found a solution to my problem yet. Does this mean that
> there are users out there that are successfully using vncviewer with a
> depth greater than 8 on solaris?
>
> Here is more info about my configuration:
> + VNC 3.3.3r2 Binary Distribution for Unix
> + Solaris SunOS 5.7
> + X server on solaris host supports both 8 and 24 bit windows
>
> Problem: vncviewer always chooses 8-bit visual regardless of -depth
> option and translates the 16 or 32 bit VNC protocol data to 8-bit
> causing color distortion.
>
> -Edwin
>
> Edwin Goei wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to run the Solaris vncviewer with a depth greater than 8 (so
> > I can get better quality images among other things) but it does not
> > work. I've tried using commands of the form:
> >
> > % vncviewer -depth <n>
> >
> > where "<n>" is 16, 24, 32. It seems to always use an 8-bit PseudoColor
> > visual even though my X server supports 24-bit visuals as well. The
> > Windows vncviewer works fine.
> >
> > Is this a bug? Any ideas?
> >
> > I'm using protocol version 3.3 (viewer 3.3).
> >
> > -Edwin
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