Re: X11 expertise on ancient HW sought... (4-plane visual (overlay) via X-server on MS-WIndows)

On 31 January 2018 at 08:21, Dimitris Theodoropoulos wrote: > I believe that my case is identical to the original message of the list and > 24-bit is required. > The problematic visual (the one which is not provided by the external > X-server) is the following (I cite

Re: X11 expertise on ancient HW sought... (4-plane visual (overlay) via X-server on MS-WIndows)

I believe that my case is identical to the original message of the list and 24-bit is required. The problematic visual (the one which is not provided by the external X-server) is the following (I cite an extract from xdpyinfo on the original system): * visual:* *visual id:0x36* *

Re: X11 expertise on ancient HW sought... (4-plane visual (overlay) via X-server on MS-WIndows)

On 29 January 2018 at 14:22, Dimitris Theodoropoulos via cctalk wrote: > Sorry for undiggind this subject so many years later, but have you found a > solution to your problem? I am facing exactly the same issue, and i have > tried all possible windows X server options

Re: X11 expertise on ancient HW sought... (4-plane visual (overlay) via X-server on MS-WIndows)

Sorry for undiggind this subject so many years later, but have you found a solution to your problem? I am facing exactly the same issue, and i have tried all possible windows X server options without success. The only possibility I am working with is with a Mac OS X server, which reports a 5-bit

Re: X11 expertise on ancient HW sought... (4-plane visual (overlay) via X-server on MS-WIndows)

On Sat, 6 Jun 2015, IMAP List Administration wrote: Depending on the cost, hacking the X-Server might be an option. I have presented MS-Windows as a given here, but in fact I could also use Linux. Do any possibilities involving Linux occur to you? What kind of use do you require here for

Re: X11 expertise on ancient HW sought... (4-plane visual (overlay) via X-server on MS-WIndows)

On Thu, Jun 04, 2015 at 08:24:31PM +0200, IMAP List Administration wrote: [also posted to comp.graphics.x today] Hello Folks, I'm trying to get an application that currently uses a local display on an ancient DEC Alpha workstation with a (for the time) mid-to-high-end graphics controller

Re: X11 expertise on ancient HW sought... (4-plane visual (overlay) via X-server on MS-WIndows)

Mouse, thanks very much for taking the time to comment. You're welcome! I've received so much help over the years from the net, paying it back in some small part is the least I can do. Even in a case like this where I can't really help except in generalities. [...] comparatively small code

Re: X11 expertise on ancient HW sought... (4-plane visual (overlay) via X-server on MS-WIndows)

I'm trying to get an application that currently uses a local display on an ancient DEC Alpha workstation with a (for the time) mid-to-high-end graphics controller (ZLX-E2) to instead use an X-server running under MS-Windows. The application is complaining that it cannot find a 4/5-bit

Re: X11 expertise on ancient HW sought... (4-plane visual (overlay) via X-server on MS-WIndows)

Mouse, thanks very much for taking the time to comment. On 06/06/2015 02:35 PM, Mouse wrote: Am I correct to assume that the GPU must support 4bpp in order for it even to be possible for the X-server to propagate a 4-plane visual to a client? No. However, it is substantially more difficult

Re: X11 expertise on ancient HW sought... (4-plane visual (overlay) via X-server on MS-WIndows)

On 06/05/2015 12:19 AM, David Brownlee wrote: Have you tried MobaXterm? On my Thinkpad T420s (Intel gfx) booting into Windows 7, then running my NetBSD install in Virtual box and firing up an xterm using Moba as the X server reports: depths (7): 24, 1, 4, 8, 15, 16, 32 The Personal

Re: X11 expertise on ancient HW sought... (4-plane visual (overlay) via X-server on MS-WIndows)

On 5 June 2015 at 16:15, IMAP List Administration li...@y42.org wrote: On 06/05/2015 12:19 AM, David Brownlee wrote: Have you tried MobaXterm? On my Thinkpad T420s (Intel gfx) booting into Windows 7, then running my NetBSD install in Virtual box and firing up an xterm using Moba as the X

X11 expertise on ancient HW sought... (4-plane visual (overlay) via X-server on MS-WIndows)

[also posted to comp.graphics.x today] Hello Folks, I'm trying to get an application that currently uses a local display on an ancient DEC Alpha workstation with a (for the time) mid-to-high-end graphics controller (ZLX-E2) to instead use an X-server running under MS-Windows. The application is

Re: X11 expertise on ancient HW sought... (4-plane visual (overlay) via X-server on MS-WIndows)

Richard Loken wrote: On Thu, 4 Jun 2015, IMAP List Administration wrote: On the original hardware, xdpyinfo tells me: [...] supported pixmap formats: [...] depth 4, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32 [...] screen #0: [...] depths (4):8, 12, 24, 4