>>>>> "Eric" == Eric Krohn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Eric> Another data point. I normally run lyx on my 16-bit X server
Eric> without problems. I tried to run it under VNC
Eric> (http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/) which acts as an X server.
Eric> Then lyx kept saying: In flvisual.c[217]: Can't find an
Eric> appropriate visual This was very frustrating until I started up
Eric> vnc with -depth 16 instead of the 8 it was defaulting to. Hmm,
Eric> when I ran xdpyinfo, it said the server was 8-bit but TrueColor.
Eric> Maybe the xform library would have been happier with 8-bit
Eric> PseudoColor.
Note that lyx also has a -visual option, which may be useful here.
JMarc