8 bpp color in Xvnc

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Jochen L|bbers wrote:

> "D.Vujosevic" wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have an MSWindows native application that runs under wine in Linux
> > (Xvnc 3.3.1 r1). Colors look exactly same in  both Xvnc and MSWindows
> > when they are run in 32 bpp or 16 bpp. But colors are off (totally
> > different shades) when 8 bpp mode is used on both. How do I modify Xvnc
> > to display the same colors in 8 bpp as MSWindows. Any help or pointers
> > are appreciated.
> >
> > Dusan
>
> I got very pur results with Xvnc and 8bit color, until I learned, that Xvnc
> sets up an 8bit "True Color" Display, if you simply say -8bpp. By using the
> '-cc 3' option, you tell Xvnc to use a colormap instead, and results were
> much better.
> Here is the extract from the documentation:
>
> In general, you can specify standard X server arguments to vncserver, and they
> will be
> passed through to Xvnc. Again, Xvnc -help will list its options, including:
>
> [...]
>      -cc n
>              Sets the colour Visual class used by the server. Some X
> applications
>              don't cope too well with the TrueColor visual normally used by
> an
>              8-bit-deep Xvnc.   You can make the server use a PseudoColor
> visual by
>              specifying -cc 3.
>
> Hop this helps.
> J.L.
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I did run it with -cc 3 (found it in the FAQ yesterday) but it didn't do a thing
(everything looks exactly the same). I'm thinking about looking into that color
map translation function. The colors are totally wrong. What looks like orange in
MS Windows looks brown in Xvnc.

Thanks for your help
Dusan
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