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Re: 8 bit color [message #38918]

Mon, 05 April 2004 08:04

Karl Schultz
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Registered: October 1999

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<wmc@bas.ac.uk> wrote in message news:4071368f@news.nwl.ac.uk...
> Nigel Wade <nmw@ion.le.ac.uk> wrote:
>> wmc@bas.ac.uk wrote:
>
>>> Hmm, OK, will have a look. But is there no way to set the IDL window
>>> to use 8 bit psuedo colour? I can get it down to 8 bit true colour,
>>> (and I even spell it color) but not to psuedo.
>
>> Are you sure your graphics card is offering a PsuedoColor option?
>> You can check all the available visuals with xdpyinfo.
>
>> Most PC and low end workstation graphics cards are not able to offer
>> TrueColor and PsuedoColor simultaneously. You have to choose which you
want
>> when you start the X server. It may be possible to run two X servers at
the
>> same time on the same display, though, with different visuals. What
>> OS/hardware are you running on?
>
> This was running via vnc, so hardware isn't the issue (I think).
> Perhaps I should have started the vnc server with different options?
>
> Quite possible -cc 3 (http://www.realvnc.com/man/vncserver.html). Well,
I'll
> try it sometime.
>

vncserver -depth 8 -cc 3

worked nicely for me.

Karl

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		Re: 8 bit color By: Karl Schultz on Mon, 05 April 2004 08:04
		Re: 8 bit color By: wmconnolley on Mon, 05 April 2004 04:35
		Re: 8 bit color By: Nigel Wade on Mon, 05 April 2004 03:10
		Re: 8 bit color By: wmconnolley on Sat, 03 April 2004 10:57
		Re: 8 bit color By: David Fanning on Sat, 03 April 2004 07:18

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