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Date:      Tue, 8 Dec 1998 17:57:17 -0500 (EST)
From:      Wayne Cuddy <wayne@crb-web.com>
To:        mikebo@tellabs.com
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Mike Borowiec <mikebo@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: 2.2.8-R & XF86333: Lost colors in Netscape
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.3.95.981208175526.10171J-100000@crb.crb-web.com>
In-Reply-To: <9812082142.AA01387@tellabc.tellabs.com>

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This also happens to me on XFree3.3.2 and Netscape at 24bpp.  I don't suspect
FBSD is the problem.  Running at depth16 solved my problem.  I am using the
S3V server.

On Tue, 8 Dec 1998 mikebo@tellabs.com wrote:

> Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 15:42:59 -0600 (CST)
> From: mikebo@tellabs.com
> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Cc: Mike Borowiec <mikebo@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Subject: 2.2.8-R & XF86333: Lost colors in Netscape
> 
> Greetings -
> This morning I freshly installed 2.2.8 & XFree86 3.3.3 on two different
> machines. Since then, I have lost all colors in the Netscape control
> buttons and icons. Netscape works fine, and the pages it displays are
> in full color.  There are no other X-win programs running, except for
> a few xterms. Both machines ran 2.2.7 & Xfree86 3.3.2 previously, with
> Netscape working perfectly.
> 
> I don't think the window manager has anything to do with the problem.
> We are able to duplicate the symptoms with TWM and Afterstep 1.0 - but
> also with no window manager at all (bare XF86_SVGA server).
> 
> The two different machines, with two different video cards are:
> Computer 1: HP Vectra   (PPro 200MHz) 128MB, Matrox Millenium PCI 8MB.
> Computer 2: HP Kayak XU (P-II 400MHz) 128MB, Matrox Millenium II AGP 8MB.
> 
> Both machines have plenty of video memory, are set to display only in
> 1280x1024 mode with 24bpp. 
> 
> Is there a known problem with XF86 3.3.3 and Netscape (native FBSD binary)?
> The following versions of Netscape are known to be affected: 4.06, 4.07,
> and 4.5.
> 
> Does anyone know what might be causing this?
> Regards,
> - Mike
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