On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Shaleh wrote:
In X Windows programming, each app asks for a colormap. If one app asks for a
large colormap, the window manager doles out whatever is left to everyone
else.
Netscape is also a big offender here.
Yup. With only 256 colors, you're kind of limited. Some
Does anyone know how many colors I have if the depth is set at 8. Do not
say 256 because I am not using that many colors to have 256 colors
exhausted.
8bpp == 256 color
16bpp == 16million
32bpp == 32million
I thought colours= 2^bpp so:
4bpp = 16
8bpp = 256
16bpp = 65,536
32bpp =
How can I solve the problems of colors on my system. I installed gnome and
it always comes up with pepper noise. Apps such as xearth cannot run as
they do not have enough colors.
/--/
Daniel J. Mashao
The pepper noise is esound loading. The color map issue is probably caused
by some programs in GNOME eating colors. Try loading xearth w/o GNOME running
and see if that helps.
You failed to mention what window manager you are using. it is the window
managers job to control the color palette.
On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Shaleh wrote:
The pepper noise is esound loading. The color map issue is probably caused
by some programs in GNOME eating colors. Try loading xearth w/o GNOME running
and see if that helps.
You failed to mention what window manager you are using. it is the window
Does anyone know how many colors I have if the depth is set at 8. Do not
say 256 because I am not using that many colors to have 256 colors
exhausted.
8bpp == 256 color
16bpp == 16million
32bpp == 32million
The problem w/ colormaps is that some programs were not written well and use
way
On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Shaleh wrote:
Does anyone know how many colors I have if the depth is set at 8. Do not
say 256 because I am not using that many colors to have 256 colors
exhausted.
8bpp == 256 color
16bpp == 16million
32bpp == 32million
The problem w/ colormaps is that some
You seem to be answering your own question. Stop running GNOME panel and see
if the problem goes away. If it does, complain to the authors of GNOME panel.
In X Windows programming, each app asks for a colormap. If one app asks for a
large colormap, the window manager doles out whatever is left
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