I am not really an X expert so I don't know what you mean by "supported via
overlay". I looked in the XF86Config-4 man page and didn't find anything
regarding overlay. Is overlay an option that I need to enable in my
XF86Config-4 or is that just something that should work automatically if you
are using the mga driver (which I am)?
Thanks.
>From: "Mike A. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Steve Salazar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: *WARNING* Atr: Failed to find 8-plane PseudoColor visual?
>Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 02:47:37 -0400 (EDT)
>
>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]
> >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed
> >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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