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Re: 16bpp screens
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Erik Nygren)
Fri Oct 25 05:38:29 1996
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 05:36:33 -0400
From: Erik Nygren <nygren@mit.edu>
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Cc: ylee@watsun.cc.columbia.edu, m2hgnkuebb.fsf@wydo125.wustl.edu,
ats@wydo125.wustl.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?
Almost definitely not. The only PC video card to support
this feature is the ET-6000 and getting that feature
to work with X would probably be a horrible pain.
For all other video cards, there's really no way to
do it. (Well, you might be able to fake a 8 bpp visual, but
that probably wouldn't give acceptable performance).
Erik
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