[comp.windows.x] X11 on uvax/GPX: Only 254 colors?

allynh@marvax (Allyn Hardyck) (02/08/89)

Has this been covered already?  Is it an X problem or something more
basic?  Who's holding on to the extra 2 colors?  The most rudimentary
X functions give BadValue errors, and DisplayCells brazenly lists 254.

Allyn Hardyck
allynh@marvax.berkeley.edu

jim@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Jim Fulton) (02/08/89)

> Has this been covered already?  Is it an X problem or something more
> basic?  Who's holding on to the extra 2 colors?  The most rudimentary
> X functions give BadValue errors, and DisplayCells brazenly lists 254.

The QDSS uses two colormap slots for the cursor foreground and background.
DisplayCells is telling the truth.