Re: FVWM: fvwm and Mozilla

From: Dan Espen <dane_at_mk.telcordia.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 22:13:18 -0400

Subba Rao <subba9_at_cablespeed.com> writes:
>
> Hello again,
>
> It is about fvwm again. When I open some applications (particularly Mozilla,
> Netscape, GThumb) my wallpaper and the application do change into some
> psychdelic backgrounds. Each time the mouse focus moves from the application
> to the desktop or vice versa, the colors get swapped. I do not have any
> problems apps such as Acrobat or OpenOffice etc. They are working fine.
>
> Has anyone seen this behaviour before? How do I fix these color changes in
> display?

That's Netscape using a private colormap.
The best fix is to stop using 8 bit color.
Check your X server config and try to use 16 or 24 bit color.

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Received on Tue Jun 17 2003 - 21:15:44 BST

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