On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Mike Utke wrote: > David Hammerton wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm presently modifying the X11DRV dibsection code for slight speed > > improvements using shared memory pixmaps and the like. Im into the "clean up > > and make it work on all systems" stage of thing, and I have a question. > > Do people ever worry about what happens if the user is running in a 1, 4 or 8 > > bit X mode? This has some wacky code, which I am unable to test on my machine > > (or any machine around).. So i'm implementing what I think _should_ do the > > trick - but I have no idea if it will work.. > > > > Is it a big issue? > > Any suggestions to the problem? > > I recalled Fran�ois Gouget's VNC work from October and found the message > where he described how to use it to test various combinations: > http://www.winehq.com/hypermail/wine-devel/2001/10/0278.html > > I'm now saying that this will work in 1, 4 or 8 bit configurations, but > it's worth a try. It might also be worthwhile to make sure your code > works with several '-pixelformat's to test compatibility.
You can use VNC to test 8bpp true-color modes, but I think David Hammerton had 'palettized' modes in mind. In that case, the only solution I can see is to run the VGA XFree driver. It's not as practical but is the only solution I know of. Pretty much all graphics cards should be able to use it as all it requires is VGA support. -- Francois Gouget [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://fgouget.free.fr/ The nice thing about meditation is that it makes doing nothing quite respectable -- Paul Dean
