Hello, I built RealVNC 4.1.1 and Xfree86 4.2.1 for AIX 5.2. I used gcc 3.3.2, GNU make 3.80, the ibm.cf, ibmLib.rules and ibmLib.tmpl config files from Xorg and parts of the hpux_gcc.patch that came from VNC. (The ibm files that came with Xfree86 seem to have some problems I couldn't fix). BTW, I used 4.2.1 because that is the latest rev the RealVNC people use. The problem I have involves color issues when using a program called CATIA V4. This is a modeling program where the actual drawing area has the correct colors, but the text areas where you select functions and commands are not right. If I set the VNC server to be 24 bit and TrueColor, then I can't read the text at all. The letters are black on a black background. If I set the server to 8 bit PseudoColor, the letters are very dark blue on a black background. Usable but terrible on the eyes. It should be white letters on a gray background. I really don't know anything about Xservers etc. I did a xdpyinfo when connected to the AIX box using VNC and also sitting at the AIX machine itself. Below are the outputs for comparison. Can anyone tell me why my colors are not correct? And is this something I can fix or something I have to live with? Thanks for any help. tom vncscreen xdpyinfo ======================================================================== name of display: :53.0 version number: 11.0 vendor string: The X.Org Group vendor release number: 6600 maximum request size: 4194300 bytes motion buffer size: 256 bitmap unit, bit order, padding: 32, MSBFirst, 32 image byte order: MSBFirst number of supported pixmap formats: 2 supported pixmap formats: depth 1, bits_per_pixel 1, scanline_pad 32 depth 24, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32 keycode range: minimum 8, maximum 255 focus: window 0x1800038, revert to PointerRoot number of extensions: 20 BIG-REQUESTS DEC-XTRAP DOUBLE-BUFFER DPMS Extended-Visual-Information FontCache LBX MIT-SHM MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD RECORD SECURITY SHAPE SYNC TOG-CUP VNC-EXTENSION XC-APPGROUP XC-MISC XInputExtension XTEST XTestExtension1 default screen number: 0 number of screens: 1 screen #0: dimensions: 1600x1200 pixels (406x305 millimeters) resolution: 100x100 dots per inch depths (2): 1, 24 root window id: 0x26 depth of root window: 24 planes number of colormaps: minimum 1, maximum 1 default colormap: 0x21 default number of colormap cells: 256 preallocated pixels: black 0, white 16777215 options: backing-store YES, save-unders YES largest cursor: 1600x1200 current input event mask: 0x30003c ButtonPressMask ButtonReleaseMask EnterWindowMask LeaveWindowMask SubstructureRedirectMask FocusChangeMask number of visuals: 2 default visual id: 0x22 visual: visual id: 0x22 class: TrueColor depth: 24 planes available colormap entries: 256 per subfield red, green, blue masks: 0xff, 0xff00, 0xff0000 significant bits in color specification: 8 bits visual: visual id: 0x23 class: DirectColor depth: 24 planes available colormap entries: 256 per subfield red, green, blue masks: 0xff, 0xff00, 0xff0000 significant bits in color specification: 8 bits ======================================================================================= aixscreen xdpyinfo: ======================================================================================== name of display: :0.0 version number: 11.0 vendor string: International Business Machines vendor release number: 6100 maximum request size: 262140 bytes motion buffer size: 0 bitmap unit, bit order, padding: 32, MSBFirst, 32 image byte order: MSBFirst number of supported pixmap formats: 3 supported pixmap formats: depth 1, bits_per_pixel 1, scanline_pad 32 depth 8, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32 depth 24, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32 keycode range: minimum 8, maximum 254 focus: window 0x4000038, revert to PointerRoot number of extensions: 18 BIG-REQUESTS DOUBLE-BUFFER GLX LBX MIT-SHM RECORD SCREEN-SAVER SECURITY SHAPE XC-APPGROUP XC-MISC XInputExtension XTEST XTestExtension1 aixCursorExtension xAncillaryBufferExtension xColormapExtension xDirectAccessExtension default screen number: 0 number of screens: 1 screen #0: dimensions: 1280x1024 pixels (356x284 millimeters) resolution: 91x92 dots per inch depths (3): 8, 8, 24 root window id: 0x35 depth of root window: 24 planes number of colormaps: minimum 3, maximum 13 default colormap: 0x2a default number of colormap cells: 256 preallocated pixels: black 0, white 16777215 options: backing-store YES, save-unders YES largest cursor: 64x64 current input event mask: 0x30003c ButtonPressMask ButtonReleaseMask EnterWindowMask LeaveWindowMask SubstructureRedirectMask FocusChangeMask number of visuals: 9 default visual id: 0x24 visual: visual id: 0x21 class: PseudoColor depth: 8 planes available colormap entries: 256 red, green, blue masks: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0 significant bits in color specification: 8 bits visual: visual id: 0x22 class: PseudoColor depth: 8 planes available colormap entries: 255 red, green, blue masks: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0 significant bits in color specification: 8 bits visual: visual id: 0x23 class: PseudoColor depth: 8 planes available colormap entries: 256 red, green, blue masks: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0 significant bits in color specification: 8 bits visual: visual id: 0x24 class: TrueColor depth: 24 planes available colormap entries: 256 per subfield red, green, blue masks: 0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff significant bits in color specification: 8 bits visual: visual id: 0x25 class: DirectColor depth: 24 planes available colormap entries: 256 per subfield red, green, blue masks: 0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff significant bits in color specification: 8 bits visual: visual id: 0x26 class: TrueColor depth: 24 planes available colormap entries: 256 per subfield red, green, blue masks: 0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff significant bits in color specification: 8 bits visual: visual id: 0x27 class: DirectColor depth: 24 planes available colormap entries: 256 per subfield red, green, blue masks: 0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff significant bits in color specification: 8 bits visual: visual id: 0x28 class: TrueColor depth: 24 planes available colormap entries: 256 per subfield red, green, blue masks: 0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff significant bits in color specification: 8 bits visual: visual id: 0x29 class: DirectColor depth: 24 planes available colormap entries: 256 per subfield red, green, blue masks: 0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff significant bits in color specification: 8 bits =========================================================================================== _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86