James [Wez] Weatherall ()
Fri, 27 Mar 1998 16:51:02 +0000 (GMT)
> I've been trying to run the WinVNC server (R9) and run the vncviewer on
> my FreeBSD machine, but I'm getting errors. The only thing I could
> figure out was that it possibly had to do with the fact that the Windoze
> machine was at 256 colors. Another windoze machine on the network
> running the same WinVNC has no problems - it was at 8bpp.
>
> Does VNC support 4bpp? or 256 colors. If so, then what am I doing
> wrong?
4bpp is 16 colours. 8bpp is 256 colours. WinVNC will happily support 4,
8, 16, 24 and 32 bit displays. The way it does 4 and 8 bit displays is by
getting Windows to translate those into 16 bit, to avoid the need for that
sort of code inside WinVNC. The way it does 24 bit displays is by getting
Windows to translate those into 32 bit, to avoid byte packing
difficulties. This isn't ideal but it simplifies the code a great deal.
What sort of errors are you experiencing?
James "Wez" Weatherall
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