[XFree86] Pseudocolor mode handling (further details)...
Berge, Harry ten wrote: You're completely right! This is caused by the render module. One solution is to use a nVidia card with the driver from nVidia. They have an option in their driver 'NoRenderExtension' which disables the render module and gives you your precious colors in pseudocolor mode back! Another option is to rebuild the X server without render module. It is doable (I tested it) but the nVidia solution is much more elegant. Thank's for your quick answer, I see more clearly now... I've got an Nvidia Vanta card somewhere, so I'm going to try your solution using the Nvidia driver. But for our needs, we must have a solution for other graphics cards . So I aim to rebuild the X server without render module to try this solution, but reading the "installation details for XFree86 4.3.0", I don't found what to do exactly to succed in this solution. Must I do something before using "Xinstall.sh" script? Thank's in advance for your help and instructions doing this step. To finish, is there something in this direction (good Pseudocolor mode handling), using an option, or with a specific question inside the "Xinstall.sh" script, or something else, expected in the further release of XFree86 (now I suppose the V4.4.0 in December 2003), without desable the render module? Once more thank's for your informations and precious details to make progress in my needs, -- Bests Regards, - Patrice Martin --
[XFree86] Pseudocolor mode handling...
Hi, I still have problem using XFree86 in Pseudocolor mode. When I use XFree86 V4.1.0 in Pseudocolor Mode, all works fine. I mean that when the X server starts, then no default color are allocated, all the 256 colors are free. But still version 4.2.0 (V4.3.0 too), when I use XFree86 in Pseudocolor mode, then 248 of the 256 colors are allocated when the X server starts, and of course there is no other X application running... So, when I want to use a new distro, like Red Hat V7.x, V8.0, or V9.0, I must put back the V4.1.0 of XFree86, in other our old application works fine in Pseudocolor mode. It's too restricting, especially when we want to use other graphics cards that are not supported in the V4.1.0 of XFree86. So, is the new release of XFree86, V4.4.0 plan for December 2003, take care of this regression in Pseudocolor mode handling? Thank's in advance for your answer, -- Regards, - Patrice Martin -- ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
