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Article #2190Re: XBoard 4.1.0 error on "make install"
From: Tim Mann
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 05:20
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 05:20
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In article <3A6E2129.92FC8649@wretched.demon.co.uk>, Simon Waters <Simon@wretched.demon.co.uk> wrote: >Tyson Ackland wrote: >> >> OK, I discovered that my xboard was crashing because it couldn't get all the >> colours it wanted (I had to shut down Netscape Communicator first). > >xboard has obviously got more colourful in recent releases. No, xboard uses the same number of colors as before. The problem is that backing off to -mono mode does not work with pixmap pieces, which are now the default. The next version will definitely at least print an error message instead of crashing. What's strange to me is that Tyson only has 8-bit color on his Alpha. I don't know what display cards they typically come with, but 8-bit is pretty low end these days. Perhaps the card would run in 24- or at least 16-bit mode if /etc/Xservers were edited properly (adding a -depth 24 flag). --Tim -- Tim Mann tim.mann@compaq.com http://www.tim-mann.org Compaq Computer Corporation, Systems Research Center, Palo Alto, CA
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10d71d,1364d0b1a3e50457 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d71d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-25 03:22:06 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.gv.tsc.tdk.com!falcon.america.net!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.isc.org!news1.digital.com!pa.dec.com!src.dec.com!milwaukee.pa.dec.com!not-for-mail From: mann@milwaukee.pa.dec.com (Tim Mann) Newsgroups: gnu.chess Subject: Re: XBoard 4.1.0 error on "make install" Date: 24 Jan 2001 21:20:45 -0800 Organization: Compaq Systems Research Center Lines: 23 Message-ID: <94od3d$4dl$1@milwaukee.pa.dec.com> References: <B7998E08F9E7D311A30E00508B5EF52A03C940@INTERNET01> <94j602$187$1@milwaukee.pa.dec.com> <5Tnb6.58$4l1.2657@ozemail.com.au> <3A6E2129.92FC8649@wretched.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: milwaukee.pa.dec.com