On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 09:27 +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Don, 2011-09-15 at 14:26 -0500, Doug Kuvaas wrote: > > I have a legacy application that is run from a UNIX host computer that > > does not function properly if executed with color depths greater than > > 8 bits. When I try to run Xorg in the form of Xorg :0 +bs -wm -retro > > -depth 8 -fbbpp 8, all I end up with is grayscale, no color at all. > > See http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2011-January/018452.html . A > sad example of perfect being the enemy of better...
you may try vnc, not sure that work: vncserver :1 -depth 8 and vncviewer :1 -FullScreen also see ~/.vnc/xstartup for startup options. -- Sérgio M. B. _______________________________________________ [email protected]: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: [email protected]
