From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 8 02:58:59 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id CAA26866 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 8 Jan 1997 02:58:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (gatekeeper.barcode.co.il [192.116.93.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id CAA26861 for ; Wed, 8 Jan 1997 02:58:54 -0800 (PST) Received: (from smap@localhost) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (8.7.5/8.6.12) id MAA24631; Wed, 8 Jan 1997 12:57:05 +0200 (IST) X-Authentication-Warning: gatekeeper.barcode.co.il: smap set sender to using -f Received: from localhost.barcode.co.il(127.0.0.1) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il via smap (V1.3) id sma024628; Wed Jan 8 12:56:42 1997 Message-ID: <32D37D20.77F9@barcode.co.il> Date: Wed, 08 Jan 1997 12:55:28 +0200 From: Nadav Eiron X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5 sun4m) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "F.P.C.F" CC: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: netscape colors References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk F.P.C.F wrote: > > I have recently installed X-Windows using VGA-16 as the X server. Then, I > installed netscape. I tried visiting a site with the url below, > > http://www.infi.net/wwwimages/colorindex2.html > > I notice that I do not see the appropriate, corresponding colors but > instead see different shades and textures from white to black. I have a > colored monitor BTW. In other words, I do not see the colors when I am > supposed to see one. > > What is wrong? You're using an X server that supports just 16 colors. Netscape probably expect a different type of visual than that server supports (I don't know for sure - I never tried it, and obviously don't have access to the source...). In general, most modern X programs assume a visual of either 256 table entries, or a high-color visual (either true color or pseudo color, if I remember the X names for those correctly). The solution will thus be to install a different X server. What display card are you using? > > Thankx. > > -- > june > ADNET > System Administrator Nadav