On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mellert...@gmail.com>wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 09/12/2011 05:00 PM, Doug Kuvaas wrote: > > I have been trying to use Xephyr for running an old legacy > > application that doesn't function properly at color depths greater > > than 8 bit. I have been exploring this as a possible alternative to > > running X in 8-bit color mode, primarily because X does not seem to > > work properly in 8 bit color mode anymore. I get a grayscale > > display instead of 8-bit color. Xephyr seems to work perfectly for > > what I want to do, with the exception of the backing store. I am > > running Xephyr with the options +bs -wm, however when I open a menu > > on the legacy application or move some other screen object, the > > screen behind it ends up either staying black or certain elements > > going missing until I do something that causes the entire display to > > be re-drawn. While re-writing the portions of the application that > > don't play nice with color depths beyond 8 bits, I would like to > > get this working without requiring updating our software if possible > > as we have many different locations using their own customized > > versions. > > > > I have verified that the backing store option does work for Xorg, > > both if I run Fedora normally, that is load Gnome and use that as a > > display manager, and if I just start Xorg manually with no display > > managers. > > > > Any insights or help on getting this working would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Doug K > > > Have you tried running it in xnest with the color depth set to 8 bit? > > Mikkel > - -- > > Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, > for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAk5uph4ACgkQqbQrVW3JyMS6AwCfUnpq3DnnA3GT3eQqLL25CiyR > 5/4An0XbcEenAf1xOMPGwuPWHxKeGwkg > =ircH > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Xnest did not work for our application.
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