-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09/12/2011 05:00 PM, Doug Kuvaas wrote: > I have been trying to use Xephyr for running an old legacy > application that doesn't function properly at color depths greater > than 8 bit. I have been exploring this as a possible alternative to > running X in 8-bit color mode, primarily because X does not seem to > work properly in 8 bit color mode anymore. I get a grayscale > display instead of 8-bit color. Xephyr seems to work perfectly for > what I want to do, with the exception of the backing store. I am > running Xephyr with the options +bs -wm, however when I open a menu > on the legacy application or move some other screen object, the > screen behind it ends up either staying black or certain elements > going missing until I do something that causes the entire display to > be re-drawn. While re-writing the portions of the application that > don't play nice with color depths beyond 8 bits, I would like to > get this working without requiring updating our software if possible > as we have many different locations using their own customized > versions. > > I have verified that the backing store option does work for Xorg, > both if I run Fedora normally, that is load Gnome and use that as a > display manager, and if I just start Xorg manually with no display > managers. > > Any insights or help on getting this working would be appreciated. > > Thanks in advance, > > Doug K > Have you tried running it in xnest with the color depth set to 8 bit? Mikkel - -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk5uph4ACgkQqbQrVW3JyMS6AwCfUnpq3DnnA3GT3eQqLL25CiyR 5/4An0XbcEenAf1xOMPGwuPWHxKeGwkg =ircH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
