[Newbie]Starting X with 256 colors or less

Thu, 17 Jan 2002 14:28:28 -0800 

My X server works great.

But the Oracle 9iAS installer that I need to run uses an old Motif server that only 
supports 256 colors or less. Oracle says I need to change the X server so it uses 256 
colors or less, and to change the color map to Pseudocolor.

I tried starting X with the — -depth 8 parameter thinking maybe that would default to 
256 colors, but I get a "No display subsection in Screen section 'Screen 0' for 
depth/fbbpp 8/8," then "No Screen found" error.

I also tinkered with the XF86Config file by adding Depth 8 and Visual "PseudoColor" to 
the Display Subsection, but had no apparent effect, the X server invoked with startx 
took all the same parameters as before.

Any suggestions on how to proceed? Am I barking up the wrong tree?  Below is the (I 
think) relevant section. Thanks much,

John

Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen 1"
    Device      "ATI Mach64"
    Monitor     "JLD Dell"
    DefaultDepth 1

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes       "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
        ViewPort    0 0
        Visual      "PseudoColor"
    EndSubsection

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<DIV>My X server works great.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>But&nbsp;the Oracle 9iAS installer that I need to run&nbsp;uses an old 
Motif server that only supports 256 colors or less. Oracle says I need to change 
the X server so it uses 256 colors or less, and to change the color map 
to&nbsp;Pseudocolor.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>I tried starting X with the &#8212; -depth 8 parameter&nbsp;thinking maybe that 
would default&nbsp;to 256 colors, but I get a "No display subsection in Screen 
section 'Screen 0' for depth/fbbpp 8/8," then "No Screen found" error.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>I also tinkered with the XF86Config file by adding Depth 8 and Visual 
"PseudoColor" to the Display Subsection, but had no apparent effect, the X 
server invoked with startx took all the same parameters as before.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Any suggestions on how to proceed? Am I barking up the wrong tree?&nbsp; 
Below is the (I think) relevant section. Thanks much,</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>John</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Section "Screen"<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Identifier&nbsp; "Screen 
1"<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Device&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "ATI 
Mach64"<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Monitor&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "JLD 
Dell"<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DefaultDepth 1<BR><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Subsection 
"Display"<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
Depth&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
8<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
Modes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" 
"1280x1024"<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
ViewPort&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0 0<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
Visual&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "PseudoColor"<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
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