Re: [Update REQ 5851]: Problems with starting Geomview

[GREGS at engfac.uct.ac.za]

Thanks for the quick response. Here is the output from running 
"xdpyinfo". It seems to be 8 planes deep not 16, so it should work.

name of display:    137.158.130.209:0.0
version number:    11.0
vendor string:    AGE Logic, Inc.
vendor release number:    4
maximum request size:  16384 bytes
motion buffer size:  0
bitmap unit, bit order, padding:    8, MSBFirst, 32
image byte order:    LSBFirst
number of supported pixmap formats:    2
supported pixmap formats:
    depth 1, bits_per_pixel 1, scanline_pad 32
    depth 8, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32
keycode range:    minimum 9, maximum 254
focus:  window 0x800008, revert to PointerRoot
number of extensions:    2
    SHAPE
    MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
default screen number:    0
number of screens:    1

screen #0:
  dimensions:    1024x768 pixels (280x210 millimeters)
  resolution:    93x93 dots per inch
  depths (2):    1, 8
  root window id:    0x26
  depth of root window:    8 planes
  number of colormaps:    minimum 1, maximum 1
  default colormap:    0x24
  default number of colormap cells:    256
  preallocated pixels:    black 0, white 255
  options:    backing-store YES, save-unders YES
  current input event mask:    0x100000
    SubstructureRedirectMask 
  number of visuals:    1
  default visual id:  0x22
  visual:
    visual id:    0x22
    class:    StaticColor
    depth:    8 planes
    size of colormap:    256 entries
    red, green, blue masks:    0x0, 0x0, 0x0
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits


Many thanks

Regards,

Greg Starke

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Greg Starke
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University of Cape Town, Private Bag, RONDEBOSCH, 7700, South Africa
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