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Re: can't change colortable in current window (linux bpp24) [message #16281 is a reply to message #16278]

Fri, 16 July 1999 00:00

David R. Klassen
Messages: 14
Registered: December 1996

Junior Member

To control which mode your X server begins in under Linux:
startx -- -bpp #
Where # is the number of bits per pixel you wish. All of
this is assuming you have defined the particular color-depth
in your XF86Config file.

Liam Gumley wrote:
>
> "J.D. Smith" wrote:
>> Sadly, the most popular X servers for Linux (XFree86) do not support
>> overlays... I.E. they can't do PseudoColor when running in TrueColor
>> mode. Version 4.0 will add this feature, but it is far from ready.
>
> That's interesting. I based my comments on my experience with SGI, which
> allows PseudoColor or TrueColor modes to be used when you have 24-bit
> hardware. I guess that to use IDL PseudoColor mode, you'd need to
> restart your X server in 8-bit mode. Could you remind us of the syntax?
> In addition, are there any other Linux X servers which do provide this
> capability?
>
> Cheers,
> Liam.
>
> --
> Liam E. Gumley
> Space Science and Engineering Center, UW-Madison
> http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/~gumley

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		Re: can't change colortable in current window (linux bpp24) By: J.D. Smith on Fri, 16 July 1999 00:00
		Re: can't change colortable in current window (linux bpp24) By: David R. Klassen on Fri, 16 July 1999 00:00
		Re: can't change colortable in current window (linux bpp24) By: Liam Gumley on Fri, 16 July 1999 00:00
		Re: can't change colortable in current window (linux bpp24) By: J.D. Smith on Fri, 16 July 1999 00:00
		Re: can't change colortable in current window (linux bpp24) By: Liam Gumley on Fri, 16 July 1999 00:00
		Re: can't change colortable in current window (linux bpp24) By: davidf on Fri, 16 July 1999 00:00

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