I have to admit that I didn't know that ... :-o
As GXT255P is withdrawn from support, the next machines we'll get will have the
GXT2000 installed. I'll try to get hold of such a box and see if the problem
persists (also hoping that the new adapter has the same "missing feature" ;-)
).
Meanwhile I'll try to build 21.2-b19 totatlly from scratch, maybe something went
wrong when applying patches. The last tarballs I downloaded were b15.
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Markus Alt
IBM Laboratory Boeblingen, Germany
Valdis.Kletnieks(a)vt.edu on 09/29/99 05:32:15 PM
Please respond to Valdis.Kletnieks(a)vt.edu
To: Markus Alt/Germany/IBM@IBMDE
cc: xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org
Subject: Re: XEmacs' desktop icon greyed out in 21.2
On Wed, 29 Sep 1999 16:34:38 +0200, ALTMARK(a)de.ibm.com said:
I'm sitting on a 7043 Model 43P-150 with a GXT255P graphics
adapter installed.
As this card has 24-bit true color depth and allows to display 16.7 million
colors *simultaneously*, I can't imagine this should be a problem. As a matter
of fact, it doesn't make a difference if I change from "more colors for
applications" (which is my default) to "more colors for desktop".
Oh.. You *did* know that the GXT255P is known to be brain-dead with
colormap management, didn't you? ;)
Even if you fix your XServers file to start it with a 24-bit TrueColor visual
as the default, some applications Lose Big Time on it. I believe if you
poke around the support center databases, there's a Q&A you can find if
you search for 'colormap', 'GXT255P' and 'netscape'. I know for a
fact that
Tk/Tcl
(and particularly 'exmh') tickles the bug too, but I've never received a
totally clear explanation of what the card/driver does wrong.
/Valdis (who hopes like hell the GXT2000 isn't similarly borked) ;)