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From: sarrel@chinook.cis.ohio-state.edu (Marc Sarrel)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: creating new visuals for a display
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Date: 5 Nov 88 18:41:12 GMT
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We have two HP 300 with 32 bit Rennaisance(sp?) displays.  If I set
X11R2 (we don't have R3 yet) to work in the image planes (/dev/crt), I
seem to be able to only get a visual that has 8 planes.  How do I set
up an additional visual (not to be the default) that uses 24 bits per
pixel? 

thanks...
-=-
 Marc Sarrel                                    |     sarrel@cis.ohio-state.edu
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