From: Ketil Froyn <ketilf@ifi.uio.no>
  To  : Garrett B <mongoose@wpi.edu>
  Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 18:10:09 +0200 (MET DST)

Re: switching color depth

On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Garrett B wrote:

> when I run the slimy demo I get this
> > slimy
> LibGGI: Failed to set mode: [P8/8]
> Error switching to 8bpp mode.
> 
> Now Im in X and is there any way to allow X's color depth to be changed? Or
> would I have to restart the X server at a new color depth each time I want to
> change it?

Check out the palemu and trueemu targets (I think). Look in
doc/targets.txt in the libggi distribution. You should find what you need
there.

Ketil Froyn
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