vncserver on Fedora 9 cannot create 8 bit TrueColor session

[James Weatherall]

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:ashishyadav26 "at" gmail.com] 
> Sent: 29 July 2008 11:58
> To: James Weatherall; vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: Re: vncserver on Fedora 9 cannot create 8 bit 
> TrueColor session
> 
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 3:02 PM, James Weatherall 
> <jnw "at" realvnc.com> 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"
>