On Fri, 24 May 2002, Stonie R. Cooper wrote:
> In the evolution from 4.0.2 to 4.2.0, xfree86 has changed the way it
> allocated free color cells in 8bit mode. Using applications in pseudoColor
> mode that require a set number of free color cells are now broken.
>
> In 4.0.2, a standard setup with a low impact window manager would result in
> very few cells allocated by X or the window manager of your choice - leaving
> at least 148 or so cells available for other applications.
>
> Since 4.2.0, the most cells that are available - free, so to speak - are 12 .
> . . a far cry from the 148 with 4.0.2.
>
> xdpyinfo between 4.0.2 and 4.2.0 is nearly identical - earlier queries sent
> me off trying to turn off the RENDER option, but this is shown to be in place
> with xdpyinfo under 4.0.2, when everything is working.
>
> This is my second request on this subject - I hope that someone knows out
> there knows what has changed between 4.0.2 and 4.2.0 to break pseudoColor
> mode color cell allocation - and point us to fix it.
People have already given you the answer, but you have disregarded it.
It is the RENDER extension that is eating up your colormap.
Mark.
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