On 20 Feb 2002, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
> Howdy, all -- an issue that I've had to deal with from time to time is
> 8-bit X applications, being exported from other platforms (Solaris and,
> currently, HP/UX) is that the application comes up... but you can't see
> diddly.  The color "scheme" is frequently a lovely yellow-on-yellow.

  Not really an answer, but maybe this will help you in your search:

  There is way for clients to get their own private colormap.  I think the
client has to request it from the server when it sets up the session.  Some
applications I've used in the past supported an "-install"  (single-dash)
command-line option which told them to install their own colormap.
 
> Does anyone know of any way to, say, single out an application for a
> private eight-bit colormap?  Or...?  I'm pretty out of ideas, and I'd
> *really* like to get this working.

  Mike's Xnest idea is better, but you could also run a second X server with
an 8-bit depth on another VC and switch back and forth with the
[Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Fn] keys.

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