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From: mouse@LARRY.MCRCIM.MCGILL.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: setting colors on TrueColor visual
Message-ID: <9011211254.AA10841@Larry.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
Date: 21 Nov 90 12:54:11 GMT
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> Is, perhaps, the TrueColor Visual you are getting only 8 bits deep?
> Check your red_mask, green_mask, and blue_mask for being
> 0xff0000,0xff00,0xff respectively.  Those values would indicate a 24
> bit TrueColor visual.

(Or some other sensible permutation, like 0xff, 0xff00, 0xff0000, of
course.)

> The behavior you describe seems to indicate an 8 bit TrueColor
> visual.  Note that it is possible for an 8 bit TrueColor to co-exist
> with a 24 bit TrueColor visual on the same X server.

I nearly said that, but then I looked a little closer.  Note the pixel
values he's getting back: their spread is far more than 256, which
makes it doubtful that it's a simple 8-bit TrueColor setup (such as the
MIT server fakes on PseudoColor-type hardware).

					der Mouse

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