using cadence with xfree?

[René Berber]

cgordon2@ncsu.edu wrote:

> I am trying to use your xwin program to run Cadence (UNIX based CAD software)
> remotely on a WinXP laptop.  I am getting the following error: *WARNING* Atr:
> Failed to find 8-plane PseudoColor visual
> 
> I searched the internet for a solution.  The solutions that I found say that
> this is a common problem, but I cannot employ the solutions mentioned. The
> lowest-color setting for my video card is 16-bit and I can't replace the
> video card with an older one.
> 
> Is there any solution available?  Thank you.

Two options:

1.  Use the "--depth" parameter of Xwin (see the comments inside
/usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.sh, it only works with --fullscreen).

2.  Don't use XWindows use VNC.
-- 
René Berber


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