On Sun, Oct 20, 2002 at 11:08:54AM -0700, Marc MERLIN wrote:
> I tried this with the latest vnc that ships on Debian Linux
> (apparently TightVNC based on vnc 3.3
> 
> Basically, the session looks mostly ok (there is a slight color problem
> on the xmms skin that gets fixed by running vnc 3.4 on both sides), but
> with both Tightvnc 3.3 and vnc 3.4, the xmms fonts are unreadable
> 
> http://marc.merlins.org/tmp/vnc.png
 
Ok, let me ask then: has anyone seem the problem shown in the screenshot
captured in the URL above?

Is anyone running xmms over VNC?

Any idea why xmms' fonts are garbled over VNC?
 
> My server runs like this:
> Xvnc :2 -desktop X -auth /home/merlin/.Xauthority -geometry 1152x900 -depth 16 
>-rfbwait 120000 -rfbauth /home/merlin/.vnc/passwd -rfbport 5902 -fp 
>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/
> -co /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt
> 
> And the clients output:
> gandalf:~$ xvncviewer gargamel.svh.merlins.org:2
> VNC server supports protocol version 3.3 (viewer 3.3)
> Password: 
> VNC authentication succeeded
> Desktop name "merlin's X desktop (gargamel.svh.merlins.org:2)"
> Connected to VNC server, using protocol version 3.3
> VNC server default format:
>   16 bits per pixel.
>   Least significant byte first in each pixel.
>   True colour: max red 31 green 63 blue 31, shift red 11 green 5 blue 0
> Using default colormap which is TrueColor.  Pixel format:
>   16 bits per pixel.
>   Least significant byte first in each pixel.
>   True colour: max red 31 green 63 blue 31, shift red 11 green 5 blue 0
> Using shared memory PutImage
> 
> gandalf:~$ /usr/local/vnc-3.3.4-x86_linux/vncviewer gargamel:2
> 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)
> Password: 
> VNC authentication succeeded
> Desktop name "merlin's X desktop (gargamel.svh.merlins.org:2)"
> Connected to VNC server, using protocol version 3.3
> VNC server default format:
>   16 bits per pixel.
>   Least significant byte first in each pixel.
>   True colour: max red 31 green 63 blue 31, shift red 11 green 5 blue 0
> Using default colormap and visual, TrueColor, depth 16.
> Got 256 exact BGR233 colours out of 256
> Using BGR233 pixel format:
>   8 bits per pixel.
>   True colour: max red 7 green 7 blue 3, shift red 0 green 3 blue 6
> Throughput 20037 kbit/s - changing to Hextile
> Throughput 20037 kbit/s - changing from 8bit
> Using viewer's native pixel format:
>   16 bits per pixel.
>   Least significant byte first in each pixel.
>   True colour: max red 31 green 63 blue 31, shift red 11 green 5 blue 0
> 
> 
> So, what can I do to get the playlist fonts to display in xmms?
> 
> Thanks
> Marc
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