[plug] XFree86 and 8 bit Visuals

Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima tony at cantech.net.au
Wed Feb 12 14:52:08 WST 2003


On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, Russell Steicke wrote:

> Yes, I know we can start XFree86 in 8 bit mode and run everything like
> that, but that's not really an option... :)

A somewhat underhanded way might be to run an Xnest display in 8-bit mode.
then everything will look pretty except the stuff that need 8bit.



Yours Tony.

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