Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 08:34:39 -0700 (PDT) From: patl@phoenix.volant.org To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Daniel Lee Greer <greer@jabba.greerhome.louisville.ky.us>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: More Colors in X Message-ID: <ML-3.3.900948879.1191.patl@asimov> In-Reply-To: <19980720151123.A12714@freebie.lemis.com>
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> On Sunday, 19 July 1998 at 21:17:17 -0400, Daniel Lee Greer wrote: > > Hello, I have just recently installed FreeBSD 2.2.5 and am running X so > > that I can use Netscape. I am having a problem getting X to run in more > > than just the standard 256 colors. I have looked thruout the mailing > > list archives, and it seems that the number one answer that everyone > > seems to give is that you should invoke startx -- -bpp 16 (Or whatever) > > to get that many bit planes. ... > > First, you should take a look at the output of startx. You'll have to > catch it somewhere like this: > > $ startx 2>&1 > /tmp/startx.log > > You might find out what the problem is by reading that output. > Otherwise post it and I'll take a look. You should also check that > your /etc/XF86Config file contains definitions for 16 bpp. You should > have something like this: > > ... You should also be aware that due to the generally brain-dead design of X11 color handling, the individual programs must also explicitly support your chosen color depth. Most X programs seem to support 8bpp. Some also support 24bpp. A few support 15, 16, and/or 32 bpp. Usually the server will support 8bpp visuals when the default is a higher number; so it is quite possible that even if you have XFree86 configured to default to 16bpp, Netscape will still display using only 8bpp. (Remember, the basic Netscape Unix code was designed for use on workstations. They generally jump from 8bpp directly to 24 or 32 bpp; 15 and 16 bpp framebuffers are very rare in that environment.) -Pat To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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