RE: FVWM: Colors...

From: Nagle, Adrian <anagle_at_ball.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 10:17:41 -0600

Thanks for everyone's input. I will try 'xdpyinfo' and see where I am.
Hopefully I will learn that I am somehow using a smaller color depth than I
thought I was using.

Adrian

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Adrian Nagle             Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
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> -----Original Message-----
> > This may not be the appropriate place to ask but I'll make it quick.
> > 
> > I'm trying to figure out what color depth I'm running FVWM2 in.  I've
> > started looks at pictures with xv and they do not get all of the
> picture's
> > color palette.  My graphics card can handle many colors (at least
> 32bit).
> > Is there a way to check the setting after loading FVWM2?  I was looking
> in
> > the XF86Config file and it looks like it is set to 32bit, but that
> doesn't
> > make sense with the strange colors I'm experiencing.  Title bar gradient
> > fill wouldn't do that would it?
> 
> According to the man page the maximum colors for the gradient is 128
> colors.
> 
> You can verify what visuals (X color depths) your X server is providing
> with
> xdpyinfo.
> 
> Which visuals your application is using can often be verified with
> xwininfo and
> then selecting a window your application is displaying.
> 
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Received on Fri Oct 23 1998 - 11:18:46 BST