Problem with VNC Connect

[Herbert Graf]

> On 05:51 PM 01/04/2000 -0500, it would appear that Herbert Graf wrote:
> > > >     I have installed VNC server on one machine and the client
> > > on another,
> > > >however on every attempt to connect to the server, the
> server pops up a
> > > >dialog saying "desktop is set to PLANAR, VNC requires CHUNKY" or
> > > >something like that. What does that mean? I have tried using
> a different
> > > >video driver to no avail. Currently I am using the standard SVGA
> > driver and
> > > >standard SVGA monitor. Thanks for any assistance. TTYL
> > >
> > > Which OS are you using?  Linux, UNIX or Windows?
> >
> >         Win95A on both systems, TCP/IP is setup perfectly on
> both systems and
> >another remote control program I tried worked fine. TTYL
>
> What color depth is the client using?  Try increasing the color depth on
> the client as high as it will go for the resolution you are using.  I've
> only had this message appear after doing a Win98 install when the client
> was temporarily set to use 16 colors by the setup routine.

	That did the trick, the server is on a server where I had a video card
capable of only 16 colors (didn't see a need for more on a server), threw in
a new card, set it to 256 and it now works, strange it would require such a
thing. Thank you for your time. TTYL


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