colour depth

[Tristan Richardson]

Jake Hawkes <jake "at" eclectic.com.au> writes:

> running Xwindows on a Redhat Linux system.
> 
> I cant make it go :(
> 
> [jake "at" hyper-ig ]$ vncviewer 203.30.88.134:0
> VNC server supports protocol version 3.3 (viewer 3.3)
> Password: 
> VNC authentication succeeded
> Desktop name "adelaidenew1"  <---- this is an NT server
> Connected to VNC server, using protocol version 3.3
> VNC server default format:
>   8 bits per pixel.
>   Colour map (not true colour).
> Can't cope with 24 bits-per-pixel.  Sorry.
> 
> none of the options help either.
> 
> I realise this has something to do my X setup, but I cant believe the
> only solution is to switch X into a lower mode.....
> 


I'm afraid most of the servers and viewers can't yet cope with 24-bit packed
pixel format.  You can still use depth 24, but it needs to be 32
bits-per-pixel.  If your graphics card won't support that, then as you
suspected, you'll have to drop down to depth 16 or lower.

Cheers

Tristan

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