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I'm using Lubuntu 13.10. I have installed Remmina in it. When I connect to remote connection which is Windows Server 2008 the display is not proper. It has different colour some weird colours. I have updated video drivers.

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  • just a quick related note. I'd not seen the 'color depth' setting on the profile for my connection, and I realised after reading this that the profile box scrolls; the color depth option was there, but hidden. The scroll isn't obvious when using a high DPI screen.
    – Cody M
    Mar 7, 2019 at 1:05

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Launch Remmina , right click your connection and click edit. In the remote desktop preference window, change the color depth to true color (32bpp) and save the settings. Reconnect and you are done.

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  • Never heard of remmina before, but glad I did today. Finally can see proper mouse cursor and colors with a remote desktop application. Thanks.
    – srcspider
    May 3, 2016 at 11:06
  • There's no connection, I just type the host into the box. I tried to open preferences under the main menu, but it doesn't show color depth anywhere...
    – Michael
    Sep 4, 2018 at 19:10
  • If you right-click Remmina instead of opening it then Create a New Connection Profile you'll find the Color depth option in there
    – flerb
    Sep 6, 2018 at 3:44
  • Thank you so much! 2 years using Remmina like a assho&*!
    – Genarito
    Sep 24, 2018 at 15:40
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I get the same problem due to 32 bit screen on Linux and 24 bit on Windows server 2008 r2.

$ rdesktop hostname
WARNING: Remote desktop does not support colour depth 24; falling back to 16

If I instead run

rdesktop -a 32 hostname

I get no such warning.

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  • Also when using remote desktop to Windows the aero style gets disabled by default which will make it look slightly different.
    – Neil Wightman
    Jan 17, 2014 at 11:48

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