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From: tron1@tronsbox.UUCP (HIM)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: VRAM Vga
Keywords: 386ix VEGA VGA 800x600
Message-ID: <260c3d85:987.8comp.unix.i386;1@tronsbox.UUCP>
Date: 25 Mar 90 07:00:24 GMT
References: <26045f9d:987comp.unix.i386@tronsbox.UUCP> <1557@redsox.bsw.com>
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>In article <180@csinc.UUCP> rpeglar@csinc.UUCP (Rob Peglar) writes:
>-In article <1990Mar21.051715.27439@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>,
>brando@uiucme2.me.uiuc.edu (Brando W. Brown) writes:
>-> 
>-> XGIF:   Failure to Allocate Desired Colors.  &&
>-> 
>->         UTTERLY FAILED to allocate blah blah blah.....
>-> 
>-

Oddly enough , in solving my origional problem I had with my VGA card , I
did the 1.1 upgrade from ISC. Running the VGA server , I have been generally
happy with "xgif's" results. 

I use FBM to convert the images down to 16 colors and have not yet gotten a
failure message.

>
>No, this message occurs because VGA cards can display only 16 colors at a
>time.  GIF images can contain 256 colors.  You'll get this message from xgif
>with nearly any image if you're using a VGA card.  I think the only card that
>supports 256 colors and is supported by ISC's X server is the IBM 8514A.

I know , thats too bad to .. remember that ALL VGA cards cann support
320x200x256 (pretty sad for X) , and it burns me up because my VRAM can do
800x600x256 ...

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