[XFree86] 8 bit colour changes Xfree86 3.3.6 - 4.2.1 ?

2003-07-11 Thread Norman Charnley
I have been using XFree86 v3.3.6 under Redhat Linux 6.2 on a couple of PCs
to connect to a remote HP-UX 10.20 CDE system quite successfully, using
the command 'X -query remotehost :2 -bpp 8'.

After upgrading one PC to Redhat 7.3, running XFree86 4.2.1, I had to
change the 'bpp' option to use '-depth 8'. And now I get strange colours
on my screen, e.g. menus appearing with white text on white backgrounds,
and messages such as 'xsetroot: unable to allocate color for gray30',
multiple instances of 'Warning: cannot allocate colormap entry for
'LightBlue' (or other colours), and 'AllocColor' errors when attempting
to run image display programs.

I've still got a PC running the older system (RH6.2, XFree 3.3.6), which
still works fine. XFree86 runs locally under Redhat 7.3 just as well as it
did under 6.2, with no problems.

So what's changed, and how do I get back to where I was? Where do I start
looking for the cause?

Any help would be appreciated...

Norman

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Re: [XFree86] 8 bit colour changes Xfree86 3.3.6 - 4.2.1 ?

2003-07-11 Thread Marc Aurele La France
On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, Norman Charnley wrote:

 I have been using XFree86 v3.3.6 under Redhat Linux 6.2 on a couple of PCs
 to connect to a remote HP-UX 10.20 CDE system quite successfully, using
 the command 'X -query remotehost :2 -bpp 8'.

 After upgrading one PC to Redhat 7.3, running XFree86 4.2.1, I had to
 change the 'bpp' option to use '-depth 8'. And now I get strange colours
 on my screen, e.g. menus appearing with white text on white backgrounds,
 and messages such as 'xsetroot: unable to allocate color for gray30',
 multiple instances of 'Warning: cannot allocate colormap entry for
 'LightBlue' (or other colours), and 'AllocColor' errors when attempting
 to run image display programs.

 I've still got a PC running the older system (RH6.2, XFree 3.3.6), which
 still works fine. XFree86 runs locally under Redhat 7.3 just as well as it
 did under 6.2, with no problems.

 So what's changed, and how do I get back to where I was? Where do I start
 looking for the cause?

 Any help would be appreciated...

Either disable the RENDER extension (I'm not sure that's possible) or
upgradde to 4.3.

Marc.

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Re: [XFree86] 8 bit colour changes Xfree86 3.3.6 - 4.2.1 ?

2003-07-11 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, Marc Aurele La France wrote:

 On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, Norman Charnley wrote:
 
  I have been using XFree86 v3.3.6 under Redhat Linux 6.2 on a couple of PCs
  to connect to a remote HP-UX 10.20 CDE system quite successfully, using
  the command 'X -query remotehost :2 -bpp 8'.
 
  After upgrading one PC to Redhat 7.3, running XFree86 4.2.1, I had to
  change the 'bpp' option to use '-depth 8'. And now I get strange colours
  on my screen, e.g. menus appearing with white text on white backgrounds,
  and messages such as 'xsetroot: unable to allocate color for gray30',
  multiple instances of 'Warning: cannot allocate colormap entry for
  'LightBlue' (or other colours), and 'AllocColor' errors when attempting
  to run image display programs.
 
  I've still got a PC running the older system (RH6.2, XFree 3.3.6), which
  still works fine. XFree86 runs locally under Redhat 7.3 just as well as it
  did under 6.2, with no problems.
 
  So what's changed, and how do I get back to where I was? Where do I start
  looking for the cause?
 
  Any help would be appreciated...
 
 Either disable the RENDER extension (I'm not sure that's possible) or
 upgradde to 4.3.

   It's not possible to disable it without a recompile.  
He'll have to upgrade to 4.3.


Mark.

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