Ashish, The Xvnc server will use a default TrueColour visual for >8bpp, and a PseudoColor visual for <=8bpp. VNC includes down-sampling support in servers to allow viewers to request 8bpp data from servers that have 16bpp or 32bpp pixel data.
Regards, -- Wez @ RealVNC Ltd > -----Original Message----- > From: Ashish Yadav [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 29 July 2008 11:58 > To: James Weatherall; [email protected] > Subject: Re: vncserver on Fedora 9 cannot create 8 bit > TrueColor session > > On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 3:02 PM, James Weatherall > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Ashish, > > > > I'm afraid that the Cairo link you refer to is missing an "l", and > > doesn't seem to refer to a "thread" but to a copy of your > request to > > the Cairo mailing list requesting help getting 8-bit > TrueColor working. > > Sorry about that here is a link to all posts in July in which > you can see my posts as well. I am not sure why all posts > always come as separate posts rather than thread. > > http://lists.cairographics.org/archives/cairo/2008-July/date.html > > > > > Can you explain why you want 8-bit TrueColor rather than a > higher bpp > > TrueColor mode, or than 8-bit PseudoColor? > > > > It is just to be able to run in all color modes rather than > restricting to 8-bit PseudoColor. While it is better view to > run in higher bpp TrucColor mode, VNC is faster in 8-bit > color mode, also TrueColor is the default for VNC if I am not wrong. > > > > Regards, > > > > -- > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd > > > > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Ashish > > "There are 10 types of people: those who understand binary, > and those who don't" > _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
