RE: [Thinstation-general] 16 bit color

[Mike E. <km...@ma...>]

On Mon, 1 Mar 2004, Zach Forsyth wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mike Eriksen [mailto:km...@ma...] 
> > Sent: Friday, 27 February 2004 20:10 PM
> >
> > > Just seem to be having some issues getting 16 bit color working.
> > > Everything else has been going very well, and I have 
> > managed to work 
> > > through all the issues.
> > 
> > You need:
> > 
> > 1) Windows 2003 server (and configured to let the client 
> > determine color depth). Win2000 and NT4TSE only support 8 bit color.
> > 
> > 2) Remember a "-a 16" as command line option in TS.
> >  
> 
> Mike,
> 
> I am using windows 2000 terminal server which you say only supports 8
> bit.

Correct.

> Why when I connect to it using a windows XP remote desktop session I can
> have 16 bit color?

Correct. MS Win XP support a single user RDP client in 16 bit.

> Surely this means the server can support greater than 8 bit??

Hmmm - depends on the server:

NT4TSE: 8 bit
Win2k: 8 bit
Win XP: 16 bit (single user only - VNC like)
Win 2k3: 24 bit

Apparently there exists a "XP server" not made directly by MS. I know 
little about this one.

> Does the linux Rdesktop client which is included in thinstation beta5
> supports greater than 8 bit color?

Yes - with the "-a" option. It is a plain rdesktop 1.3.x.

> I have used the -a option and this has not worked.

You need to let the server accept the client to set the color depth.

Mike
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