Messages from Usenet group comp.lang.idl-pvwave, compiled by Paulo Penteado
J.D. Smith wrote: > With all this talk of 24 bit color of late, I thought I'd restart my > Linux XFree86 X server under 32bpp and play around. Well, to my > surprise, any time IDL attempts to connect to the server, it crashes > with a seg fault. And not for any specific connection either. > help,/DEVICE > crashes it. It just cannot connect. I am using the XFCom_3DLabs > server, which supports a single visual at 32bpp -- TrueColor. > > Has anyone else seen this behaviour. I tried removing all possibly > offending statements from my X defaults (Idl.Colors, for instance), but > to no avail. Any ideas? No ideas, but mine works well. I have XFCom_Matrox Version 2.2 and called opened a 32 bit session with: (alias X=Xwrapper) pivory:~>X -query localhost -bpp 32 :1 xdpyinfo shows that I really got 32 bit: (selected lines) supported pixmap formats: depth 1, bits_per_pixel 1, scanline_pad 32 depth 24, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32 visual: visual id: 0x22 class: TrueColor depth: 24 planes IDL works as well: (selected lines) IDL Version 5.1.1 (linux x86). Research Systems, Inc. Date: Fri Nov 20 17:36:23 1998, colors: 16777216, tablesize: 256 IDL> help,/device Available graphics_devices: CGM HP LJ NULL PCL PRINTER PS REGIS TEK X Z Current graphics device: X Server: X11.0, The XFree86 Project, Inc, Release 3320 Display Depth, Size: 24 bits, (1152,864) Visual Class: TrueColor (4) It might be a problem with the XFCom_3DLabs server, but you want to check with any of my configuration files, I will be pleased to send them. Best regards, Kevin -- Kevin Ivory Tel: +49 5556 979 434 Max-Planck-Institut fuer Aeronomie Fax: +49 5556 979 240 Max-Planck-Str. 2 mailto:Kevin.Ivory@linmpi.mpg.de D-37191 Katlenburg-Lindau, GERMANY http://www.gwdg.de/~kivory2/