On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 11:58:20 +0000, Paul A. Cheshire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I need to manage about 5 separate desktops for non-root users connecting to the
> above.
>
> Unfortunately, if Xvnc is started by a non-root user strange things happen
> with the colormap and/or color depth. The effect is that the palate contains
> insufficient colours to display applications properly.
>
> If they connect to a desktop presented by an instance of Xvnc started by root
> then all is well.
I work with Xvnc started by user (me) on RH 7.3 and 8.0 and all the
colors are shown as they should. I work with 16 bit colors.
May be when you start Xvnc by user you use a different color depth
than when started by root (e.g. 8 bpp by user, 16 bpp by root) ?
Check the command you use to start Xvnc for its color depth (the
argument is "-depth {8/16/24/32}").
May be some of your color files can be read by root only ?
Check your files permissions (all the files under /usr/X11R6 should
have read permissions to ALL).
> I have scoured the net, including the archives of this list and
> cannot find anything directly relevant.
May be because there is no such problem ?
Ehud.
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