W. Chris Shank on 18 Oct 2003 13:15:03 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] X server bpp 8


I got the latest CVS a few nights ago and built it myself- so it's
definitely 1.2. I'll try you suggestions, thank you. What has me
frustrated is that I'm not certain if it my X server, rdesktop, or the
Windows server that is the source of the problem.  

On Sat, 2003-10-18 at 11:52, Martin DiViaio wrote:
> What version of rdesktop are you running? The latest version is 1.2.0. If 
> you are not running that, you should probably upgrade.
> 
> If your linux system has enough horsepower, you can run multiple instances
> of X. Just switch to a text login prompt with <CTRL><ALT><F2>, login and
> startx. The first X session will be on tty 8, DISPLAY 0:0 (<ALT><F8> from
> a text tty, <CTRL><ALT><F8> from an X session) and the second will be on
> tty 9, DISPLAY 0:1. Beware that some X apps are not DISPLAY aware and may
> appear on the wrong X session.
> 
> The -bpp option to X is deprecated since XFree86 4.0 in favor of the 
> -depth option.
> 
> Rebuilding rdesktop from source has been mentioned previously. This may be 
> the way you should go. The build is fairly standard. The program itself is 
> very small.
> 
> If you are RPM bound, the tarball has a spec file in place for automatic
> building. The tarball needs to be massaged to get it to work though.
> 
> Do the following to build an RPM:
> 
> tar xzf rdesktop-1.2.0.tar.gz
> mv rdesktop-1.2.0 rdesktop
> tar czf rdesktop.tgz rdesktop/
> rpmbuild -ta rdesktop.tgz
> 
> I've personally used rdesktop since the beginning of August on X running 
> at 1600x1200 in 32 bit color. It's worked fine.
> 
> 
> On the 15th day of October in the year 2003 you wrote:
> 
> > Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 20:03:23 -0400
> > From: W. Chris Shank <chris.shank@acetechgroup.com>
> > To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
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> > Subject: [PLUG] X server bpp 8
> > 
> > I'm trying to run rdesktop and it only runs in about 8 bit color. Anyone
> > know how I can get this run a 16 bpp color map? here is what I get when
> > I execute rdesktop:
> > 
> > server bpp 8 client bpp 32 depth 24
> > 
> > It seems my X server is only allowing 8 bpp.
> > 
> 
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