On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, Mark Fardal wrote:
:
: Hi,
:
: could someone tell me how to get a desktop picture working? I have an
: 8-bit .xpm image that I put in $HOME/.fvwm2/background.xpm. But when
: I run the script setup-background, it says
: Couldn't allocate required colors
: and does nothing. If I make the image black-and-white it works fine.
: Is this the stupid X 256-entry colormap limitation rearing its head again?
: (Earth to X: memory is much cheaper these days.) How many colors am
: I allowed to have, and how do I truncate it down to that number if the
: only imaging tool I have is xv?
Earth here again: It's not memory .. simms speaking, but video card .. If
you have a card that can support it, run with 16 bpp or 24bpp .. Check
your X configuration .. Verify your video card and make the necessary
changes, if applicable, to acquire more colors and color depth.
256 colors is a thing of the past, in my opinion. Speaking of cheap, video
cards aren't highly priced anymore, either. A two meg video card is
roughly 20 to 40 dollars, eh? It can give you 16bpp if your current card
cannot.
(btw, you might also be running a limited server, ie the 256 color version
instead of SVGA or an accelerated server.)
furthermore, this is kind of off the fvwm-subject.
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Received on Mon Mar 09 1998 - 16:56:36 GMT