On 20-Aug-98 George Russell wrote:
> I'd like to know if it possible to run a program requiring 8bit colour
> depth on a 16bpp display. I need to run other things at 16bpp, so I
> can't revert to a 8bit display and run everything there. And i'd rather
> not run multiple X-servers on different displays. Can anyone help me
> here?
Generally, X programs can run at any colour depth, but it may look ugly if
there is insufficient colours. Unless the documentation for the program
explicitly states that an 8 bit display must be used (eg. quake), you should
not have any problems. IMHO, even if the documentation does insist on an 8 bit
display, you probably should try it out anyway, who knows, the docs may be
wrong...
Cort
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