From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 10 09:28:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA02625 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 10 Mar 1998 09:28:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nectech.nectech.co.uk (nectech.nectech.co.uk [194.129.183.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA02451 for ; Tue, 10 Mar 1998 09:27:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Jeff.Bond@nectech.co.uk) Received: from exchange.nectech.co.uk by nectech.nectech.co.uk (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id RAA11724; Tue, 10 Mar 1998 17:38:29 GMT Received: by exchange.nectech.co.uk with Internet Mail Service (5.0.1458.49) id ; Tue, 10 Mar 1998 17:25:44 -0000 Message-ID: <014CB6ADC0BCD0118B1B006097827D5B3D33A0@exchange.nectech.co.uk> From: "Bond, Jeffery" To: "'spork@cncn.com'" Cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: RGB color maps Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 17:25:43 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.0.1458.49) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Spike Gronim wrote: >Maybe I am misunderstanding the type of colors I am talking about. >I AM starting the server in 24 bit per pixel mode. "startx --bpp 24" is >what I type. When I try and start a color hungry program like the "xtacy" >kaleidascope from the ports and another color lover like netscape, the >second one complains about not being able to allocate enough colors. Does >this clarify the matter any? Maybe you just made a typo, but (correct me if I'm wrong), I think you need to run 'startx - --bpp 24' to run in 24 bit colour mode, note the extra '-'. Regards, Jeff Bond --------------------------------------------------- Jeffery Bond --------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message