On Mon, 2003-01-06 at 10:32, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
- rdesktop - it runs, but only 8 bit colors and it's pretty slow (on
10MBit LAN)
Hmm? Does the '-D' (depth) option to rdesktop not work as intended? The manpage also says it autodetects your X session's bit depth and matches it. What version of rdesktop are you using?
I'm using 1.2 beta 1 version. the -D option is to hide decoration. I tried to connect to Windows XP Pro and all I get is 8 bit colors, while my X is set to 24 bits (XFree 4.2.1, NVidia binary drivers). I didn't find any info on man page how to get more then 8 bit colors...
I tried 1.2 beta 1, and it seems noticeably slower than the patchlevel I'm currently running.
The 'Experimental' patches are actually for 1.1.0, while the site incorrectly says they're for 1.0.
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/ has the patches for 1.1.0. Try that. (plus the 1.2 beta version doesn't have a 'percent of desktop' option, I like that one :)
Rick
I've also used rdesktop for remotely administering servers over a 256K link. While not speedy, it's definitely more responsive than VNC.
True.
Thanks, Hetz