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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: More X question.
To: kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 11:24:54 -0700 (MST)
Cc: lenzi@cwbone.bsi.com.br, questions@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <199603241015.LAA05938@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> from "Christoph P. Kukulies" at Mar 24, 96 11:15:32 am
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> > Hello all.
> > I'm not so "new" in X but one question remains unanwerd.
> > 
> > 1) After starting netscape, when I try to start some X programs (xpaint, 
> > for example) the program complains: No more colors .....
> > 
> > Question: Is there a way to increase the color map in the X server?
> > 
> > Thanks a lot..
> 
> You can start the X server with -bpp 16 giving you another type of
> visual (not 256 indexed values but 32768 direct colors - maybe wrong
> just estimated 32*32*32 :-) at the cost of resolution unless you have
> a lot of (4MB) memory in you graphics card.

Except the Linux netscape will puke out if you run it in 16 bit per pixel
mode, even on FreeBSD under emulation.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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