Subject: Re: X woes
To: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
From: Barry Brown <barry@tcp.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 06/12/1998 21:51:19
> Barry Brown wrote:
> > One of the suggestions I recieved when I was trying to get my X server
> > running was to try the OSFA server. Well, I ended up getting the
> > distribution server to work fine, but I wanted color. So I gave the OSFA
> > server a try.
> >
> > Well, it works. Sort of. Black is black and white is white, but everything
> > in between is a gharish color, almost like the color palette is inversed.
> >
> > To recap, I'm using a Q650 at 1024x768x256 monitor resolution.
> >
> > Is there a quick fix?
>
> what bit-depth? you need 16. nothing else works in color :-(
I was running in 8-bit mode. That's the maximum depth for 1024x768. I can
run in 16-bit mode at a lower resolution, but I'll sacrifice real estate.
That's what fvwm is for, anyway. :)
Thanks for the tip. I guess OSFA's README didn't make the restriction clear.
Barry