Two colormaps ?

Harold L Hunt II huntharo@msu.edu
Wed Nov 13 08:34:00 GMT 2002


Christian,

Do NOT use the -emulatepseudo parameter.  It does not do what you think 
it does.

ONLY use the following parameters:
startx -- -depth 8 -fullscreen

Give that a try and report back.

Harold

Christian SARDIN wrote:

>Hello,
>I try to explain my problem.
>
>I have a graphic application running fine on HP-UX, and displaying OK on HP 
>workstation. I try to have it display (correctly ! ) on my notebook.
>
>The notebook : HP VT 6200 , 15" , 1400x1050 resolution, Windows XP Pro.
>
>I installed Cygwin version 1.3.13-2 including XFree 86   4.2.15
>twm is the only window manager installed. So I use it.
>
>The application (staticcaly linked with X11R5 lib) requires 2 colormaps...
>and use XtConvertAndStore for various colors. So I need PseudoColor mode, I
>use :
>	startx -- -emulatepseudo -depth 8 -fullscreen
>
>I rlogin Hp-Ux-Workstation and start the application.
>It is mostly OK but ...:
>The application opens windows, with drawings... and it is not re-drawn (I 
>have to ask for redraw through an  application fonctionality) ! Any suggest 
>whould be welcome !
>
>The other problem is for the drawings requiring the second colormap, of 
>course.. Is there a way to have it ?
>
>By now, I have only tried Cygwin, but I expect to install Mandrake 9 soon 
>(but I miss the disk driver !).
>May be Xf86config will help ?
>
> I hope that someone can help me to solve that. (And that my english can be 
>understood)
>
>
>Thanks a lot.
>Christian
>
>
>
>  
>



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