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Re: 8 bit fullscreen still problematic
- From: Staf Verhaegen <staf dot verhaegen at imec dot be>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 08:58:08 +0100
- Subject: Re: 8 bit fullscreen still problematic
- Organization: IMEC vzw
- References: <F39J4H0UE56OJi57n6H00003c9e@hotmail.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Thomas Chadwick wrote:
> Have you tried dropping the Windows Desktop down to 256 colors and
> running XWin WITHOUT the -engine or -fullscreen flags? When all else
> fails, this usually works (but of couse has the undesireable effect of
> making your Windows programs look ugly).
I know this workaround but it is unacceptable for rolling out Cygwin/XFree86
in our company.
greets,
Staf.
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