On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Sidik Isani wrote:
> Mark Vojkovich wrote:
> |On Fri, 14 Sep 2001, Sidik Isani wrote:
> |
> |> Hello -
> |>
> |> With 8 bpp pseudocolor, I'm finding that simply starting the
> |> X-Server allocates almost all the color cells in the default
> |> colormap. There are only about 12 free cells, and most programs
> |> either fail or install a private colormap. Is there an extension
> |> which may be doing this?
> |
> | Not that I know of. Run xcmap to visualize the colormap.
> |When the server starts up you will get approximately 2 colors
> |(black and white). I don't think xterm should be allocating
> |very much of the palette. If you find differently, this is
> |something that should be addressed.
>
> Hello Mark -
>
> 2 colors (black and white) is indeed what I get when I run 4.1.0.
> But if I swap that server out for the CVS one (which I need in order
> to have Xinerama working on the i128 driver) I get black, white, and
> exactly 242 colors in a standard-looking colormap pattern.
>
> I wonder if the fact that I've compiled my X-Server without modules
> is causing some extension to initialize itself? I tried again
> without BuildCup, but same problem. Is there a call, such as
> AllocColor(), to which I could add some debugging to track this
> down?
>
Hmmm. This appears to be caused by the Render extension.
Have PictureInitIndexedFormats() in xc/programs/Xserver/render/miindex.c
return immediately without doing anything to see if that fixes it.
Mark.
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