[Fwd: Bug on Solaris 8 ?]

[Craig A. Betts]

Olivier Fourdan wrote:
> Hi Benny,
> 
> On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 20:43, Benedikt Meurer wrote:
> 
>>This is our Solaris workstation at work. I think I found the problem:
>>I changed the Xsun configuration to run at 24Bit PseudoColor instead
>>of 8Bit, and that seems to cause problems with SunPCI. I already told
>>Oliver to test it with CDE at 24Bit (I won't be at work before the
>>weekend).
> 
> 
> As long as we know the root cause and a workarround it's fine. For me,
> it looks like a driver problem...
> 
> 
>>BTW: xfdesktop does not run with Xsun at 8Bit. It reports problems
>>with depth of root window != depth of pixmap. 
> 
> 
> I guess it's a somehow minor problem, nothing that should stop the final
> release... And that's probably gtk that's complaining.
> 
> 
>>I'm very busy currently,
>>so I won't be able to work much on XFce during the next 3 months.
> 
> 
> Humm, we'll miss you :)
> 
> Cheers,

Interesting...I have been running SunPCI (Version 2.3.2) on my Ultra 10 
Creator-3D at 24 bit with absolutely no problems.  I know the SunPCI 
software has some weird hooks in Xsun.  Check for the latest software 
for your SunPCI card (I am assuming it is a SunPCI 1).

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Craig A. Betts
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Arcata Associates, Inc. - Dryden Flight Research Center - NASA
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