X server startup problem

Holger Krull holger.krull@gmx.de
Fri Jul 2 18:51:00 GMT 2004


Ben Bullock schrieb:

> happens: the X server thinks Windows is running with a display depth of 
> 1 whereas in fact the display is running at 16 colors.  I've checked 

> Any idea how I might go about solving this problem?

> Change your Windows display depth to 15, 16, 24, or 32 bits per pixel.
> winScreenInit - Supported depths: 8080c080

 From what the Log says the Xwin expect at least 15 Bit per pixel, thats 32768 
colors. I assume it will not work with 16 colors, that's 4 Bit per pixel.
Maybe it doesn't like color palettes?

Holger



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