Xvnc with support for multiple visuals?

[Richard L. Hamilton]

>I too noticed this. Are there applications that
>would not work without pseudo color?

Yes, unfortunately there are lots of old apps that
only know how to use 8-bit PseudoColor visuals.
Worse, there are some that only work if that's the
default, even if other visuals are supported.

A temporary workaround might be to run two instances of Xvnc,
one set up for 8-bit PseudoColor, and the other set up for
24-bit TrueColor, and two viewers, and to point the apps at
the appropriate server.  Naturally, one couldn't copy/paste,
drag/drop, etc. between apps running on separate servers.
And having to eat twice the resources, deal with two desktops, etc.
wouldn't be acceptable to most people on an ongoing basis.

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