On Wednesday 21 October 2009 08:54:04 pm Byron Clark wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 08:38:58PM -0500, David C. Rankin wrote:
> > This has puzzled me for a while now. If I need to do something on a
> > remote host that is something more than what I want to do over ssh
> > (something that requires 4-5 windows or apps or configuring the actual
> > remote desktop) I use vncserver/vncviewer. If I need a kde4 app and the
> > remote host is opensuse, then there is no problem at all running the app.
> > If the remote host is arch, then I am kind of screwed because there is
> > some setting causing kde4 (which I understand uses native 24bit color) to
> > look terrible. The vncserver setting on both suse and arch are identical.
> > The start script I use for vncserver is:
>
> Do both vncservers have the RENDER extension? You can find out by
> running 'xdpyinfo | grep RENDER' in a terminal inside the vnc session.
> If the vncserver doesn't support the RENDER extension, anything qt4
> based is going to look bad.
>
Damn, it is sure nice to be on a list with smart people! I think you hit the
nail on the head. Here are the extension differences shown between xdpyinfo on
suse and archlinux:
Arch:
21:45 dcrgx2:~> cat linux/dt/vnc/xdpyinfo-extensions.txt
number of extensions: 7
BIG-REQUESTS
MIT-SHM
MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
SHAPE
SYNC
XC-MISC
XTEST
default screen number: 0
number of screens: 1
20:39 dcrgx:~> cat linux/dt/vnc/xdpyinfo-extensions.txt
number of extensions: 25
BIG-REQUESTS
DEC-XTRAP
DPMS
Extended-Visual-Information
GLX
MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
MIT-SHM
MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
RECORD
RENDER
SECURITY
SGI-GLX
SHAPE
SYNC
TOG-CUP
VNC
X-Resource
XAccessControlExtension
XC-APPGROUP
XC-MISC
XFree86-Bigfont
XInputExtension
XKEYBOARD
XTEST
XVideo
default screen number: 0
number of screens: 1
You are 100% correct, suse had RENDER enable, arch doesn't. How do I enable
RENDER on Arch?
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