From owner-freebsd-gnome Tue Mar 18 20:27:25 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61ECA37B401 for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 20:27:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from hotmail.com (f56.pav1.hotmail.com [64.4.31.56]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE4BB43FAF for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 20:27:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from verbophobe@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 20:27:23 -0800 Received: from 24.202.170.180 by pv1fd.pav1.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 04:27:23 GMT X-Originating-IP: [24.202.170.180] X-Originating-Email: [verbophobe@hotmail.com] From: "Maxime Romano" To: piero@poprostu.pl Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: desktop gradient weirdness Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 04:27:23 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Mar 2003 04:27:23.0867 (UTC) FILETIME=[D6DDD2B0:01C2EDCF] Sender: owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >From: "Mezz bsdforums.org" >To: piero@poprostu.pl >CC: gnome@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: desktop gradient weirdness >Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 20:02:47 -0500 > >>On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 17:38, Piero wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I am using a gradient background on my Gnome desktop, no background >> > picture to save memory. Upgrade of XFree86 to 4.3 effects in a stepped >> > gradient instead of a continues one. See: >> > >> > http://www.poprostu.pl/~piero/gnome/stepped-gradient.png >> > >> > for screenshot. I don't have problems with other places where gradients >> > appear, nor pictures that blend colours. What to do? TIA, >> >>I see this as a smooth gradient. What is your color depth set to? Same here. Your problem is that your colour depth has downgraded to 16-bits or something to that effect. You should edit your XF86Config, under the "Screen" section, add "DefaultDepth 24" somewhere, then restart X. That should fix you up. If not, take two asprins and call me in the morning. - Max _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message