Error with PseudoColor visual in 8-bit color mode

[Harold Hunt]

Stefan,

> I get the error from the Cadence software:
>
>   *WARNING* Atr: Failed to find 8-plane PseudoColor visual

PseudoColor is only supported by -engine 1, and you have to be running
Windows in 8 bit color mode at the time that you are running Cygwin/XFree86.
So, set Windows to run in 8 bit color mode, then try the following command
line:
XWin.exe -ac -screen 0 1280 1024 -engine 1

Notice that you don't need to specify any depth parameters, as non of the
engines can change the display depth when running in windowed mode.  Only
the DirectDraw based engines can change the display depth in fullscreen
mode, but -engine 1 (GDI DIB) can never change the display depth.

Good luck,

Harold