On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Christian Dysthe wrote:
> Hello Debian-user, > > I am running Debian 2.0, XFCE/2 desktop and Netscape 4.5 (glibc) with a > Matrox MDA 200 card. Everything is running (suprisingly) smoothly > even though I am a Linux newbie. > > My problem is that the Netscape buttons turn black and white (and > ugly!) when I > run 24 bpp resolution. > > Anyone know how to solve with this (The obvious is to reduce the > resolution to 16 bit, but I like having 24 bit running gimp). > > > //Christian I have this same problem when trying to run X in 24bpp. The reason shown in the X start up messages is that pixmap caching is disabled when I try to run in 24bpp. I assumed it was due to a shortage of video memory. (i have 4096). I never really pursued it, though, because I'm quite content with 16. You should check your startup messages and if see if this is happening for you as well. Jeffrey
