On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Steve Salazar wrote:
>Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 06:40:51 +0000
>From: Steve Salazar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>List-Id: General X Discussion <xpert.XFree86.Org>
>Subject: *WARNING* Atr: Failed to find 8-plane PseudoColor visual?
>
>I am trying to display Cadence icfb from a Sun Blade workstation to a linux
>box. The linux computer is running XFree86 4.1.0. When I start up I get an
>error from icfb saying:
>
>*WARNING* Atr: Failed to find 8-plane PseudoColor visual
>I assumed this had something to do with needing an 8-bit display so I tried
>that and it would load but then behaved badly: some dialoges would not pop
>up. Anyway, I don't want to have to run my desktop in 8-bit color since I
>have this app working perfectly with Exceed, a windows X server by enabling
>"emulate 8-bit color".
>
>Does XFree have such an emulate 8-bit color setting? Has anyone had luck
>remotely displaying Cadence to Linux and XFree86 4.1.0?
I believe if you're using ATI or MGA hardware, 8 bit visuals are
supported via overlay in 24bpp modes. Seems to work for me
anyway.
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