<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mellertson@gmail.com">mellertson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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On 09/12/2011 05:00 PM, Doug Kuvaas wrote:<br>
> I have been trying to use Xephyr for running an old legacy<br>
> application that doesn't function properly at color depths greater<br>
> than 8 bit. I have been exploring this as a possible alternative to<br>
> running X in 8-bit color mode, primarily because X does not seem to<br>
> work properly in 8 bit color mode anymore. I get a grayscale<br>
> display instead of 8-bit color. Xephyr seems to work perfectly for<br>
> what I want to do, with the exception of the backing store. I am<br>
> running Xephyr with the options +bs -wm, however when I open a menu<br>
> on the legacy application or move some other screen object, the<br>
> screen behind it ends up either staying black or certain elements<br>
> going missing until I do something that causes the entire display to<br>
> be re-drawn. While re-writing the portions of the application that<br>
> don't play nice with color depths beyond 8 bits, I would like to<br>
> get this working without requiring updating our software if possible<br>
> as we have many different locations using their own customized<br>
> versions.<br>
><br>
> I have verified that the backing store option does work for Xorg,<br>
> both if I run Fedora normally, that is load Gnome and use that as a<br>
> display manager, and if I just start Xorg manually with no display<br>
> managers.<br>
><br>
> Any insights or help on getting this working would be appreciated.<br>
><br>
> Thanks in advance,<br>
><br>
> Doug K<br>
><br>
</div></div>Have you tried running it in xnest with the color depth set to 8 bit?<br>
<br>
Mikkel<br>
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</font></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Xnest did not work for our application.<br></div>