Date: Tue, 27 Apr 99 11:36 +0100 From: Justin Murdock <justin@csad.coventry.ac.uk> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X server has "too many" colors? Message-ID: <199904271036.LAA24234@mascarpone.coventry.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: Doug White's mail of Mon, 26 Apr 99 16:25 %2B0700
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> On Sun, 25 Apr 1999, Stan Brown wrote: >> I am trying to run a vendor supplied X task displaying on my FreeBSD >> machine. My FreeBSD machine is configured for 64K colors. The app keeps >> core dumping :-( > I've heard of this, but it was years ago. I usually run 1024x768x16 since > I keep getting stuck with 2MB cards. Thankfully everyone fixed their apps > to work in 16 bit color and haven't had a problem since, but you know how > many old legacy apps are floating about. Bear in mind that colour cycling doesn't work in true colour modes :( You do have the option of running X at only 8bpp, if this app is all that you're going to use in the session. Finally, you could get a `real' unix machine - the X servers for these usually have pseudo-color visual. Or at least they used to. Justin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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