Stephen Francis wrote:
> 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).
>
> Q: Does fvwm2 "leak" colors, or otherwise somehow waste them?
> Q: Is there some (relatively) inexpensive way to upgrade the sparc's
> color capabilities?
You are probably running "Netscape" (or some other application that
likes to hog the color map). Run the application such that it doesn't
allocate too many colors, or have the offending app install it's own
color map. If the culprit is Netscape, try one of the following:
$ netscape -install # install its own map
$ netscape -ncols 120 # don't use more than 120 colors
If you use the "-install" option, be prepared for colormap "flashing"
when you select a netscape window.
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Received on Wed Jan 08 1997 - 11:42:44 GMT