Stephen Francis <stephenf_at_sybase.com> writes:
> I recently built and installed 2.0.43 over a much older fvwm 1.x which
> I've been using for quite some time (I've tried afterstep and fvwm95
> too). The problem I keep running into with all the wm's, but especially
> with fvwm2, is a color shortage. I basically just converted my
> old .fvwmrc to my .fvwm2rc, adding a couple mini-icons on the titlebar,
> but going to fewer colors in xterms and desktop (greys). After I start
> netscape (I don't use -install; the focus-flashing drives me crazy),
> I can't even start one xterm which uses colors (e.g. blue on black).
> Get the old "Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "#22eeff"".
Netscape without -install will quickly use every color.
> It seems crazy that this (relatively) expensive Sparc5 with 64mb and
> a nice 21" monitor is so display-limited when my (relatively) cheap
> PC (with a 2mb Number9 vidcard) running linux is color-abundant. What
> gives? Is it an inadequate framebuffer (what I call video adapter).
Yes, I believe what you have is 24bit color on your PC and 8bit color
on your Sun. There are Sun systems with 24 bit color but I have no
first hand experience with them. I keep asking for one, but so far no
success.
> Q: Does fvwm2 "leak" colors, or otherwise somehow waste them?
No there is no leaking that anyone has reported, but be careful which
icons you use. You want to use icons that are limited in color and
use the same set of colors. fvwm itself won't use a lot of colors but
since you are running netscape without -install, the color fvwm is
using is not an issue.
> Q: Is there some (relatively) inexpensive way to upgrade the sparc's
> color capabilities?
Yes, running netscape with -install is relatively cheap. Learn to
blink just before you give netscape focus, this will help with the
flashing. On a more serious note, you can try this: put netscape on a
separate page and maximize it so that it covers the entire page. When
you switch onto the page, the flash is still there, but it happens at
the same time the entire screen is redrawn and I find it less
disconcerting.
Otherwise, you need 24 bit color. I am not sure what the cost is.
> Been holding onto these questions for awhile now. Any reply from
> someone in-the-know will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Stephen Francis
>
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Received on Wed Jan 08 1997 - 11:35:19 GMT