Re: FVWM: Colors...

From: John Benninghoff <johnb_at_netscape.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 09:06:12 -0700

"Nagle, Adrian" wrote:
>
> This may not be the appropriate place to ask but I'll make it quick.
>
> I'm trying to figure out what color depth I'm running FVWM2 in. I've
> started looks at pictures with xv and they do not get all of the picture's
> color palette. My graphics card can handle many colors (at least 32bit).
> Is there a way to check the setting after loading FVWM2? I was looking in
> the XF86Config file and it looks like it is set to 32bit, but that doesn't
> make sense with the strange colors I'm experiencing. Title bar gradient
> fill wouldn't do that would it?

According to the man page the maximum colors for the gradient is 128 colors.

You can verify what visuals (X color depths) your X server is providing with
xdpyinfo.

Which visuals your application is using can often be verified with xwininfo and
then selecting a window your application is displaying.

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John Benninghoff
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Received on Fri Oct 23 1998 - 11:07:25 BST

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