On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 03:08:35PM -0500, Mark Vojkovich wrote:
> > On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > when using the xfree86 3.3.X series i had no trouble with color allocation
> > > and could easily display xpms in the root window. since upgrading to 4.2.X i am
> > > unable to set a root window image and get many messages about X being unable
> > > to allocate colors.
> >
> > You are running in depth 8? This is probably the render extension
>
> yes
>
> > hogging the colormap. There is no solution for that other than hacking
> > the source code to stop it from doing that. The problem will be greatly
> > reduced in 4.3, however.
>
> is this the DRI extension? is it possible to compile without it? the vga
> card i have is unaccelerated (trident card with 8900C).. i was under the
> impression that DRI affected accelerated cards?
No, the RENDER extension for antialiased fonts, etc... It preallocates
a color cube in depth 8. There's a way to hack the source in 4.2 to
keep it from doing that, but I don't have a reference for you. That
shouldn't be needed in 4.3.
Mark.
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