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Subject: Re: "Bern" colormap interactions
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Karl M Hegbloom <karlheg@inetarena.com> writes:

>>>>>> "Stephen" == Stephen J Turnbull <turnbull@turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> writes:
Stephen> Apparent bad colormap interactions---not XEmacs's fault I
Stephen> believe, but advice welcome.

(Were the screen shots of that program limited to 8 bit color?  Somehow
I was expecting something more ...)

>  See if your video card will support 16 bit color.  Try starting the
> server with `-bpp 16'.

> $ startx -- -bpp 16

> ... or edit your /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers file, and add the `-bpp 16' to
> the commandline that starts your server.

>  If it doesn't, upgrade it.  You can get an inexpensive PCI S3Trio64+
> for under $60 I bet.  That's what I use, and it's working just fine.

Are we actually in a position to be able to recommend this?  It sure
would be nice.

