Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 08:36:59 -0800 From: Islandman <schieb@centurytel.net> To: "Andresen,Jason R." <jandrese@mitre.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why the ugly black-on-grey Netscape icons? Message-ID: <3A671BAB.E158A9FD@centurytel.net> References: <3A671158.F1B46CE3@centurytel.net> <3A671705.284900ED@mitre.org>
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Yep! It was option #2 in my case. I switched from 24bpp to 16bpp and Netscape is now "colorized". Many thanks! -Brian "Andresen,Jason R." wrote: > > Islandman wrote: > > > > How do I "colorize" my Netscape browser in FreeBSD 4.2? It's not a big > > deal to be sure but the ugly lack of color is buggin me... > > > > Thanks in advance! > > -Brian > > > > % gnome-moz-remote --newwin "" --version > > Gnome gnome-moz-remote 1.2.8 > > > > % netscape -v > > Netscape 4.76/U.S., 06-Oct-00; (c) 1995-2000 Netscape Communications > > Corp. > > There are two possiblites: > 1. You are running in 8bpp "pesudo-color" mode. If this is the case, > you can > do one of two things: > a. Incrase the color depth of your display (in /etc/XF86Config) > b. Run Netscape with a local colormap (netscape -install), however this > will > result in some colormap flashing when you move your cursor in and > out of the > netscape window. > 2. You are running 24bpp mode. Netscape has a bug that prevents it from > working correctly > in this mode. Try dropping down to 16bpp in /etc/XF86Config. > > -- > _ _ _ ___ ____ ___ ______________________________________ > / \/ \ | ||_ _|| _ \|___| | Jason Andresen -- jandrese@mitre.org > / /\/\ \ | | | | | |/ /|_|_ | Views expressed may not reflect those > /_/ \_\|_| |_| |_|\_\|___| | of the Mitre Corporation. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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