Date: Tue, 27 Apr 99 13:24 +0100 From: justin@csad.coventry.ac.uk To: Alec Kloss <alec@d2si.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.coventry.ac.uk Subject: Re: X server has "too many" colors? Message-ID: <19990427123923.8052.qmail@csad.coventry.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: Alec Kloss' mail of Tue, 27 Apr 99 06:56 %2B0500 References: <199904271036.LAA24234@mascarpone.coventry.ac.uk> <199904271156.GAA11707@macbeth.d2si.com>
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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 :-(
>
>
> You could try running the app under an Xnest server with 8-bit color.
from Xnest(1):
-class string
This option specifies the default visual class of the
nested server. It is similar to the -cc option from
the set of standard options except that it will accept
a string rather than a number for the visual class
specification. The string must be one of the follow-
ing six values: StaticGray, GrayScale, StaticColor,
PseudoColor, TrueColor, or DirectColor. [...] The
class of the default visual of the nested server need
not be the same as the class of the default visual of
the real server; although, it has to be supported by
the real server.
-depth int
This option specifies the default visual depth of the
nested server. The depth of the default visual of the
nested server need not be the same as the depth of the
default visual of the real server; although, it has to
be supported by the real server.
I've not tried Xnest.
If the manual entries are correct, if your Xserver can't do it then
Xnest can't do it. If your X server provided a visual of the correct
type, only the VERY badly written software would fail.
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