[812] in RedHat Linux List
16bpp screens
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Yeechang Lee)
Thu Oct 24 19:42:04 1996
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 19:40:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: Yeechang Lee <ylee@watsun.cc.columbia.edu>
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Alan Shutko <ats@wydo125.wustl.edu> says:
> Try doing an xdpyinfo and looking for the visuals supported. As far
> as I've seen (and I don't have a 16-bit capable server myself), when
> in 16bpp mode, the X servers _only_ support that single visual.
> Thus, you can't run in other visuals. (One reason that so many
> programs break on 16bpp screens....)
Interesting. Does this mean X servers in the future may support
multiple visuals under 16-bit mode?
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