[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] VNC is an alternative

[From: Asko Kauppi]

One alternative to overcoming this 16bpp issue is simply to use  
Xvnc.  I don't know why the public instructions only refer to Xnest  
(and Xephyr) but in practise, I've found VNC works like a breeze.

Anyone wanting more information as to how to set it up, please ask. :)

-ak


Aleksandr Koltsoff kirjoitti 30.5.2005 kello 8.19:

> On Sunday 29 May 2005 19:09, Olivier Bornet wrote:
>
>> It will be great to be able to use maemo with a depth of 24, even  
>> if it
>> runs at 16. Can we do this ?
>>
>>
>
> Hello Olivier,
>
> inside sbox:
> fakeroot apt-get install xserver-xephyr
> (there seems to be some part inside the package that requires "root")
>
> then start it with Xephyr -screen 800x480x16 -ac :2
>
> This _should_ work, but at least for me it didn't :-). X ephyr is a  
> Kdrive
> based X server that supports the modern X extensions and acts as a  
> client to
> existing X server (similar to Xnest in this respect). It can  
> provide a 16bpp
> screen to it's clients while it will use 24bpp itself (in your case).
>
> Anyhow, also check the bugzilla, I remember seeing smt about this  
> there.
>
> As for your question, maemo cannot currently run at 16bpp as there  
> seem to be
> some hard fixed assumptions. OTOH, the target device (770) is 16- 
> bit, so
> there might not be much sense other than testing your application  
> reliability
> against env changes.
>
> ak.
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