> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Petter Sundlvf > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 3:12 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Weird colours, X11->X11 > [snip] > Everything was working fine before the VNC upgrade. I'm > running 32 bit on the server, like before... but now I get > extremely weird colours. A grey (d4d4d4) is a weird > brown-yellow, and other shades of grey are purple. > > I've tried with 8, 16 and 24 in the vncserver script and > nothing helps. > > This is what is in the ~/.vnc/hostname:1.log file: [snip] > 26/09/02 19:16:23 Got connection from client 192.168.1.15 > 26/09/02 19:16:23 Protocol version 3.3 26/09/02 19:16:26 > Pixel format for client 192.168.1.15: > 26/09/02 19:16:26 8 bpp, depth 8 [snip] > And here is what I get in stdout from the connecting client > (vncviewer): > > (19:10:06) odd@celibacy:/usr/local/vnc$ ./vncviewer > VNC viewer version 3.3.4 - built Sep 20 2002 15:18:28 > Copyright (C) 2002 RealVNC Ltd. > Copyright (C) 1994-2000 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge. > See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC. > VNC server supports protocol version 3.3 (viewer 3.3) > VNC authentication succeeded > Desktop name "odd's X desktop (findus:1)" > Connected to VNC server, using protocol version 3.3 > VNC server default format: > 32 bits per pixel. > Least significant byte first in each pixel. > True colour: max red 255 green 255 blue 255, shift red 16 > green 8 blue 0 Using default colormap and visual, TrueColor, > depth 24. Got 256 exact BGR233 colours out of 256 Using > BGR233 pixel format: > 8 bits per pixel. [snip]
It looks like the new Auto configuration is dropping you to 8 bit color. Are you connecting over a slow link? Try the -noauto switch in the viewer, or turn the Automatic Protocol Selection off via the popup window. See man vncviewer. -- William Hooper _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
