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From: jim@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Jim Fulton)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: X11 on uvax/GPX: Only 254 colors?
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Date: 8 Feb 89 13:38:11 GMT
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> Has this been covered already?  Is it an X problem or something more
> basic?  Who's holding on to the extra 2 colors?  The most rudimentary
> X functions give BadValue errors, and DisplayCells brazenly lists 254.

The QDSS uses two colormap slots for the cursor foreground and background.
DisplayCells is telling the truth.