XDRIVER_24bit

[Markus Neteler]

Hi,

the 24bit driver supports 8bit as well (depending on you X11 configuration).
I use it with 16bit (due to hardware limitations) and could fix
all color mapping problems. "colormode float" is unnecessay then, because
you will have enough colors also for all programs beside the GRASS monitor.

You just have to set the color depth in .xserverrc, change the driver
(or the link) in grass42/driver/ and enjoy.

  Markus

> On Sun, 15 Nov 1998, Rainer Trusch wrote:
> 
> > Hello everybody,
> > 
> > I´m interested in using the 24bit mode on my Linux system instead of the 8bit
> > mode, to avoid all the problems with the colormap. Using XDRIVER_24bit in
> > TrueColor results in the following line,  while starting a monitor:
> > 
> > "got a TrueColor (Read-Only!) Visual"
> > 
> > What does it mean and are there any differences, problems or advantages
> > compared to 8bit?
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Rainer
> >