rdesktop colors

[sn0wflake]

Is it possible to increase the amount of colors to more than the 256 displayed via rdesktop? The server is running Windows 2003.

[monkymind]

Is it possible to increase the amount of colors to more than the 256 displayed via rdesktop? The server is running Windows 2003.

Did you have a look at the man pages? ie man rdesktop


-a <bpp>
Sets the colour depth for the connection (8, 15, 16 or 24). More than 8 bpp are only supported when connecting to Windows XP (up to 16 bpp) or newer.
Note that the colour depth may also be limited by the server
configuration.


Cheers
rob

[sn0wflake]

I didn't know there where man pages for rdesktop :(

[monkymind]

I didn't know there where man pages for rdesktop :(

Did you get rdesktop running with more than 256 colours?

BTW You may also find this series of articles useful:-

Windows-to-Linux roadmap: Part 2. Console crash course
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-roadmap2.html

[sn0wflake]

Sorry monkymind, it didn't work :( I checked the man page and your link and there's no -a switch in rdesktop.

What to do now?

[monkymind]

Sorry monkymind, it didn't work :( I checked the man page and your link and there's no -a switch in rdesktop.

What to do now?

Ahh :!: Then you are running version 1.2.0 of rdesktop and need version 1.3.0. It is on Knoppix V3.3-2003-11-19 so you'll need to get yourself a copy or remaster your CD.

If you are on dialup or can't get the latest knoppix try a small live CD like Pxes.
Other small bootable biz-card CDs like Feather, Pilot etc may have rdesktop 1.3.0 too.

Regards
rob

[sn0wflake]

Thank you, monkymind! I upgraded from 2003-11-14 (damn!)

I love the smell of 24 bpp :)