Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] TCP tools and 8-bit X/window displays

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 17:01:02 -0800
On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 11:19:44AM +0100, Pavel Mores wrote:
> I haven't seen an 8-bit display since 1999 so I haven't come across
> this.

I could, I suspect, give myself an 8-bit X display at work by selecting
"256 colors" from the "Display Properties" control panel and restarting
the X server, and I could probably do the same at home by restarting the
X server with the appropriate command-line option.

I.e., it should be possible, with many video adapters, to test the
operation of X applications with 8-bit color even if the adapter is
normally run in 16-bit or 24-bit mode.  (For some applications, there
might even be a way to force the application to use an 8-bit visual.)