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Re: Allocating color problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sheldon E. Newhouse)
Sun Nov 3 12:47:27 1996
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 12:45:06 -0500
From: "Sheldon E. Newhouse" <sen1@math.msu.edu>
To: Mike Wangsmo <wanger@fubar.cs.montana.edu>
CC: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.91.961103101727.17558H-100000@fubar.cs.montana.edu>
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Mike Wangsmo writes:
> On Sun, 3 Nov 1996, Sheldon E. Newhouse wrote:
>
> > [SCREEN]
> > Board = "matrox/mga-mil4.xqa";
> > Monitor = "mfreq/mfreq76.vda";
> > Depth = 24;
> > Desktop = 1152x900;
> > EnergyStar = YES;
> >
> > Isn't the Depth set for 24 bit video?
>
> Yes. Is your monitor capable of high res/color video? I know this is
> probably a really pointless question as by you set up I assume that you
> are using a higher res, etc than 640X480 SVGA. My next question would be
> then what are you trying to look at. Linux is very fussy about
> allocating color maps for X clients. For example if you were to run
> ghostview, XV at the same time and then try to run several Netscapes
> there may not be enough color maps for everybody. If something like that
> is the case, then you can run Netscape with a -install flag which uses a
> local colormap for netscape. With this option, you get all colors needed
> for Netscape, however you get a really annoying switch between colormaps
> when you move your mouse pointer out of and into the Netscape window.
I have a Gateway Vivitron 17" monitor which I guess is a Sony
Trinitron.
I run *many* X windows, sometimes with xterm -xrm. This may be the
problem. But, not all windows, e.g. xterms need many color allocations.
I just got Applixware, and it sometimes comes up in B&W and sometimes in
color.
Any further ideas?
TIA,
-sen
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