XFree86 colormap problem

Adam McDougall mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu
Tue, 12 Jun 2001 16:43:25 -0400 (EDT)


On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Edward Glowacki wrote:

> Quoted from Paul_Melson@keykertusa.com on Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 04:19:12PM -0400:
> > >My best guess would be that X is running in 256 color mode and therefor
> > using
> > >color maps.  Try running the X server in 16bit mode or higher.
> > >
> > >Something like
> > >
> > >startx -- -bpp 16
> > >
> > >might do the trick.
> >
> > FWIW, I've run into problems with xmms and some of it's plugins in 16-bit
> > color.  I use 24-bit color to be on the safe side.
>
> *sigh* hard to tell what depth it's running in when you only have
> some xterms on the screen... =P  Fixed it now, should be running
> in 24bit next time I try it (right now I'm duplicating my /usr
> partition so I can take a few hundred Mb away from it to make into
> swap... =P )

xdpyinfo


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