XFree86 3.3 P9000 Server Release Notes : High Color and TrueColor
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## 7. High Color and TrueColor

Support for 16 and 24 bit truecolor is now supported. Note that 24 bit color is really 32 bits per pixel. Use the `-bpp` option when starting the server. Examples:

    	startx -- -bpp 32
    	startx -- -bpp 16
    	startx -- -bpp 16 -weight 555
    	startx -- -bpp 16 -weight 565

Note that many programs do not yet work properly with these modes. Don't tell me. Tell the authors unless they've already fixed it. It's their fault... :-)

Example problems:

xv 3.00

  Works fine in 32 bpp and in 16 bpp with 24 bit images. Has problems with colors in 8 bit images in 8 bpp mode.

Mosaic 2.1

  Has problems with colormap in both 16 bpp and 32 bpp. Newer versions of Mosaic such as 2.4 do work.

mpeg_play

  Doesn't work at all in 16 bpp mode. Works fine 24 bpp mode when compiled with -DRS6000 and when run with ```-dither color`''

xpaint 2.1

  Works great in both modes but has a bug in the color requester for the selection tool. I think later versions may have fixed this.

XFree86 3.3 P9000 Server Release Notes : High Color and TrueColor
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