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"".
Try running netscape with the -ncols option (e.g. -ncols 100
or -ncols 64) to limit the number of colors it allocates from
the shared map. Some browser images may appear dithered, but
I prefer this over to the color map flashing.
>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).
In short, yes, the framebuffer is your limitation. With a
cgsix, you have only 8 bits to work with for your visual
and thus only 256 colors.
>Q: Does fvwm2 "leak" colors, or otherwise somehow waste them?
Still run 1.x, so I'm not sure if 2.x has any cms allocation
bugs.
>Q: Is there some (relatively) inexpensive way to upgrade the sparc's
> color capabilities?
For the Sparc5, in terms of PC pricing, I don't believe so.
>From Sun, the 24-bit S24 board runs around $2200 list, and the
accelerated 24-bit ZX board around $8995 list. With 40% off of
that price, neither hit the few hundred dollar range. I do
believe some third party vendors offer some 24-bit alternatives,
but not certain of names or pricing.
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Received on Wed Jan 08 1997 - 12:18:12 GMT