Vncviewer problem with RedHat 5.0(i386)

[Derek R. Pizzagoni]

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I found that I am successfully able to connect to a Solaris vncserver.

The only difference I found was that the Solaris server was coming back
with 8 bits per pixel, and the Windows NT vncserver (the one I can't
connect to from Linux) was coming back with 16 bits per pixel.

If this is the problem, how can I tell my Windows NT vncserver to run at
8 bpp?  (I've tried setting it to 16 colors in the display control
panel, but the lowest it goes is 256).

Other than that, is there a way to run vncviewer on a machine that is
set at 8bpp, and view a vncserver that is set at 16bpp?

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Derek R. Pizzagoni
Unix Network Administrator/D.B.A.
Interlink Computer Sciences, Inc.
URL: http://www.interlink.com
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Message-ID: <34FE5EDB.C2F92681 "at" interlink.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 08:14:19 +0000
From: "Derek R. Pizzagoni" <drp "at" interlink.com>
Organization: Interlink Computer Sciences, Inc.
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I just downloaded vnc for Linux, and when I try to run the viewer, I get
the following:

[derek "at" bob ~/vnc]$ ./vncviewer sport:0
./vncviewer: VNC server supports protocol version 3.3 (viewer 3.3)
Password: 
./vncviewer: VNC authentication succeeded
./vncviewer: Desktop name "sport"
./vncviewer: Connected to VNC server, using protocol version 3.3
./vncviewer: VNC server default format:
16 bits per pixel.
Least significant byte first in each pixel.
True colour: max red 31 green 31 blue 31
            shift red 10 green 5 blue 0
Using default colormap and translating to BGR233
Creating window depth 8, visualid 0x20 colormap 0x26
X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for
operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  1 (X_CreateWindow)
  Value in failed request:  0x0
  Serial number of failed request:  267
  Current serial number in output stream:  269
[derek "at" bob ~/vnc]$

As you can see, it is not working.  The viewer worked on Solaris 2.6 for
me just fine.  Is there something special I have to do for Linux? 
Should I try recompiling?

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Derek R. Pizzagoni
Unix Network Administrator/D.B.A.
Interlink Computer Sciences, Inc.
URL: http://www.interlink.com

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