Can you please further clarify, I do not understand the answer in relation to the question. I am not worried about the 8 bit per color component. I am trying to allocate more than > 256 color cells. An example, I would like to use DirectColor to create 1024 shades of gray. Is there some place in the xserver to allow me to change the default setting. Or where is a site/recommendation to allow me to see what videos cards support this under Xfree86. Thanks for any replies, Frank -----Original Message----- From: Marc Aurele La France [mailto:tsi@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 10:03 AM To: Rojas, Francisco Cc: xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Change default colormap entries > 256 On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, Rojas, Francisco wrote: > I would like to know how to change the default colormap entries to a > number larger than 256 and allocate 512 or 1024 color cells in > DirectColor. > I can already make a private colormap linked to the non-default visual > in DirectColor. > And run the xserver in Direct or TrueColor, but can not allocate more > than 256 cells at a time. That's because there's very little, if any, hardware supported by the server that allows for more than 8 bits per colour component. Marc. +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+ | Marc Aurele La France | work: 1-780-492-9310 | | Academic Information and | fax: 1-780-492-1729 | | Communications Technologies | email: tsi@xxxxxxxxxxx | | 352 General Services Building +----------------------------------+ | University of Alberta | | | Edmonton, Alberta | Standard disclaimers apply | | T6G 2H1 | | | CANADA | | +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+ XFree86 developer and VP. ATI driver and X server internals. _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
