display depth changing when using remote desktop and -multiwindow option, unable to set depth manually with -multiwindow

["Jason May" <jasonmay1 at gmail dot com>]

Hello.  I use Cygwin/X on my office computer to run a program called
Cadence (using 24-bit display), but have limited Cygwin functionality
when I use remote desktop to work from home.  Displays are set to
32-bit on both computers, and the Windows XP remote-desktop protocol
(RDP) version I am using on both supports 32-bit displays.  If I start
Cygwin at the office and then use RDP to connect from home, everything
continues working perfectly.  However, if I log in remotely
and then start a new Cygwin session, I get the following:

*ERROR* Failed to find either 24-bit TrueColor or 8-bit PseudoColor Visual.
*WARNING* Failed to find either 24-bit TrueColor or 8-pbit PseudoColor Visual.

And my application will not start.

I am using the following to start cygwin:

run XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error
run xterm -e /usr/bin/bash -l

I believe that Cygwin is detecting the optimal display settings on
startup and determining it to be less than 32-bit when initiated
through remote desktop.  I would use the -depth command line option to
manually set the depth to 32 bits, but this does not work with
multiwindow enabled.  Is there another way that I can manually set the
display depth?  Or somehow ensure that Cygwin determines that 32-bits
are optimal when started through a remote desktop session?

I have tried modifying the .inputrc file for 8-bit mode as follows,
but had the same problem.

set meta-flag on
set convert-meta off
set output-meta on

Many thanks,

Jason

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