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. I'm no specialist on how to set it up, but I saw a friend of mine running WABI this way on a 16 bit display.
The really nice thing is that the Wabi windows only stick to the VNC window not the main screen so you can iconise the whole lot with one click. See <A HREF="http://www.orl.co.uk/vnc/faq.html"><A HREF="http://www.orl.co.uk/vnc/faq.html</A">http://www.orl.co.uk/vnc/faq.html</A</A>> for details of this wonderful multi-use technology.
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