--- Mark Vojkovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>    I believe no other X-server in the world offered
> packed 
> 24bpp XImages.  Even in XFree86 3, they were only
> supported
> on hardware that supported packed 24bpp
> framebuffers.
> Many did not, including NVIDIA hardware.  Drivers
> for 
> NVIDIA hardware would not have offered packed 24bpp
> XImages in XFree86 3.  An app that expected 24bpp
> XImage
> in depth 24 would not have worked in any X-server
> except for
> XFree86 3, and even then, only on some hardware. 
> Such an
> app would be broken by definition for making such an
> assuption.
> 
> 
>                       Mark.
> 
>

Mark,

Thanks for the information.  I also ways knew Arc/Info
was broken, but making such assumptions is just plain
unforgivable.

Eric


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