[plug] X problem?

[Trevor Phillips]

Kevin Shackleton wrote:
> 
> > Try 'xdpyinfo' for gobs of info.
> 
> Gobs is right - it actually refers to planes - I have 24 now, of 256
> colourmap cells.  Why not 32?

AFAIK, 24 and 32 are the same colour-wise. They both have 8 bits red, 8 bits
green, 8 bits blue. For some image formats, the extra 8 bits are for a
translucency mask.

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