>From: "Alliss, Randall J." <address@hidden>
>Organization: TASC
>Keywords: 200101031328.f03DSuo12756 McIDAS-X X display visual CIRCLE
Randy,
>nice to talk with you last week.
Same here.
>I am enclosing 2 files (nimbus which is the server) which contain the
>results of xdpyinfo of the 2 alphas. Do you see anything in there that looks
>unusual.
Nothing about the xdpyinfo output from your build machine jumps out at
me. It and the other machine are apparently using an 24-bit visual
for McIDAS:
NIMBUS.OUT:
...
number of visuals: 22
default visual id: 0x22
...
visual:
visual id: 0x22
class: TrueColor
depth: 24 planes
available colormap entries: 256 per subfield
red, green, blue masks: 0xff, 0xff00, 0xff0000
significant bits in color specification: 8 bits
...
The other machine is using an 8-bit visual:
WX.OUT:
...
number of visuals: 2
default visual id: 0x20
visual:
visual id: 0x20
class: PseudoColor
depth: 8 planes
available colormap entries: 256
red, green, blue masks: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
significant bits in color specification: 8 bits
...
The fact that the machines X displays are configured differently leads
me to believe that the problem is not specifically related to running
or not running in 24-bit mode. Without looking at the changes that
were made in 7.7 for better 24-bit mode support, I would venture to
guess that this problem should be an old one. The fact that you have
never mentioned it before tells me otherwise, however. Puzzling...
I built my 7.7x distribution on our DEC Alpha last night. I will attempt
to replicate your observations later this morning.
Tom
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