Re: Black Icons on Windows XP Remote Connection Desktop

On Tue, 30 Aug 2011, Ben Fritz wrote:

> On Aug 30, 6:22 am, Tim Chase wrote:
>> On 08/30/11 01:09, niva wrote:
>>
>>> I am using Gvim 7.3 through a remote connection desktop. All
>>> toolbar's icons are black.
>>
>>> I don't think it comes from Vim but from windows or graphical
>>> drivers but have you got some idea ?
>>
>> While I haven't experienced this with Vim, I've had similar issues
>> with applications written in Python that make use of Tkinter where,
>> if I launch them (either locally or via RDP) and then (re)connect via
>> RDP, various containers appear blanked out (whether black or
>> default-background/button color).
>>
>> I don't have a good answer for WHY, but perhaps the additional
>> information can help you track down where/when/why.
>>
>
> You can check the RDP settings, at my workplace by default it is set
> up to use 16-bit color. I had to change to at least 24-bit for my
> colorscheme and some other things to work properly.

That was my first suspicion as well. But testing with 15-, 16-, 24-,
and 32-bit color (the depths supported by Windows7 mstsc) with both
Windows7 mstsc and Gentoo rdesktop, I still had icons in all cases.
(using Gvim 7.3e [beta])

Generally, I only access my Windows machines via RDP from Linux (usually
rdesktop, occasionally freerdp), and I've not encountered the issue.
But, I also tend to stick to `vim` and not `gvim`.

Would be useful to get more info from the OP on versions (of Vim/Gvim
and Windows).

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Best,
Ben H

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