Hubert Mantel wrote:
Hi,
On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Martin Houston wrote:
I bought Wabi for Linux to run Word in it. After the installation I got problems with the current color depth. I'm using a default depth of 16 bit. When wabi starts the only result is that I'm get the message:
X Server has unsupported default depth Unrecoverable Error in Wabi
Unsupported display depth 16 in init_gdi.
Wabi will exit now.
I tried it with using 8 bit as the default depth and it works. Is there a possibility which enables wabi to work under 16 bit color depth ?? A special switch or sth.
The only way to fudge it is to use the Olivetti VNC software to bring up an 8 bit VNC session within a 16 bit window. Wabi works but is a bit sedate because of the extra software layer.
There is another solution: try the experimental Xnest X Server. This allows for nesting X Servers, so you are able to run an 8 bit server inside of an 16 bit one. Xnest is in package xextra.
Hi, due to some discussions I had on the wabi list in the last time, the Xnest cannot support an embedded 8-bit wabi, if Xnest is running with 16-bit (unfortunately). One suggestion was to use Accelerated-X. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Excerpts from wabi: 10-Apr-98 Re: msoffice 4.3 (...BOCHS+.. Ashok Aiyar@ebv.oncology (1204*)
The Xi Graphics (AccelaratedX) server for some cards (eg. Matrox Millenium II) supports overlays. For such servers, it is possible to start Xnest at a different depth than the "root" server.
Xi Graphics has a list of cards/chipsets for which they have a server that supports overlays on their website (www.xig.com).
I do use overlays (24+8) mode with my Millenium II, and it *is* really nice to be able to run WABI in an 8-bit Xnest.
I'm assuming that you're using Xnest so that your Wabi apps aren't sticky. I recall having sticky apps problems some months ago. I've since added CDE and the window manager (dtwm) runs in a way that makes Wabi not be sticky. This is true of both Tri-Teal and Xi Graphics versions of CDE. Dick ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Ludwig Richter CGI consult <A HREF="http://www.cgicon.com/"><A HREF="http://www.cgicon.com/</A">http://www.cgicon.com/</A</A>> Lu@cgicon.com With Acknowledge: richter@cgicon.com _________________________________________________________ Sent with Netscape Communicator 4.04 on S.u.S.E.Linux 5.2 -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e