On Thursday 17 January 2002 02:35 pm, you wrote: > 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
DefaultDepth 1 ?? Should be 8 to match the Display section you show. _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
