Re: [foxboro] Remote display manager on a moder X server?

On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 08:13:24AM +1000, Darryl Bond wrote:
> 
> Do you have the foxboro fonts available (xlsfonts). You could try 
> (auto)mounting 
> the /usr/fox/wp/fonts from an AW and set the appropriate directory in the 
> XF86Config file.

Not yet, but thats not the problem. If I get it to run at all, tahts a
trivaial fix.

> 
> Best of luck getting it to work with >8bit colour though. The blink task will 
> fail and screw up the colours on the DM.
> I would dearly like to get this to work. 256 colours these days is just about 
> unusable. Two X servers work (:1 8bit & :0 24bit) but it's not something that 
> you can give to anyone.

OK, am I confused or what. I contend it _only_ works with 256 colrs. Do you
disagree? If so what do you think it requires?

BTW shifting between X server with <ALT><F key> os trivaily easy to teach
people.

> 
> I tried the Matrox Overlay option which has 8 + 24bit. Trouble is the root 
> window is 8 bit so the window manager (gnome/kde) and apps think it has 8 bit 
> only. I haven't been able to get it to have a 24bit root window with 8 bit 
> overlay.
> 

??? so why do you need the 8 bit one, at all, if it isn't requiref for the
Foxboro brain damage?

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