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From: Shaun Finn <sfinn@thecore.com>
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Subject: Re: More X question.
To: kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 10:39:35 -0500 (EST)
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In-Reply-To: <199603241015.LAA05938@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> from "Christoph P. Kukulies" at Mar 24, 96 11:15:32 am
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> > Hello all.
> > I'm not so "new" in X but one question remains unanwerd.
> > 
> > 1) After starting netscape, when I try to start some X programs (xpaint, 
> > for example) the program complains: No more colors .....
> > 
> > Question: Is there a way to increase the color map in the X server?
> > 
> > Thanks a lot..
> 
> You can start the X server with -bpp 16 giving you another type of
> visual (not 256 indexed values but 32768 direct colors - maybe wrong
> just estimated 32*32*32 :-) at the cost of resolution unless you have
> a lot of (4MB) memory in you graphics card.
> 
> > 
> > 
> 
> --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de

I believe Netscape also supports a "-install" cmdline option that
allows it to have its own cmap at the expense of colors flashing
when you move your pointer in and out of the window.

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