VNC and Enlightenment (16bpp)

[Tristan Richardson]

> I can't seem to run Enlightenment (an XWin manager) at 16bpp with vnc.
> I run vncserver with these options:
> 	vncserver -goemetry 976x720 -depth 16
> The X.log reports the following error:
> 	rfbProcessClientNormalMessage: ignoring unknown encoding type 3
> I've used all the encoding methods from the client's end, including raw. 
>
> ...
> 
> P/S: E runs fine in 24bpp mode. (vncserver -geometry 976x720 -depth 24)

This sounds like a problem with the window manager - there are plenty of X
applications out there which don't cope with different depths and visuals
properly. The "unknown encoding type 3" message is a harmless warning.

Cheers

Tristan

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