Well.. I've found a solution to this problem
I need to start openwin with the -dev /dev/fbs/tcx0 defdepth 8
option. Thanks to all who responded!
I still would like more info on the various framebuffers out there
but now that this is solved I can go on.
Daniel E. Singer" <des@cs.duke.edu>
"Ing. Carlos R. Guevara" <cguevara@zeus.velu.com>
Casper Dik <casper@holland.Sun.COM>
Dan Pritts <danno@us.itd.umich.edu>
Danny Lee <del@nabaus.com.au>
Glenn.Satchell@Uniq.com.au (Glenn Satchell - Uniq Professional Services)
jeffw@smoe.org (Jeff Wasilko)
popp@luey.redars.ca.boeing.com (Jeff Popp )
steveb@pcs.co.uk (Steve Butterfield)
Original Post
>
>I can't seem to get anywhere on this one...
>
>I've got a framebuffer on a Sparc 5, a tcx0 revision1, screen 1152x900.
>I've also got some software that runs on Sparc 4's with tcx0 revision2,
>screen 1024x768. THe software runs on the Sparc 4's, but on the
>Sparc 5 it comes up with .....
>
>
>ERROR: depth = 24, but only depth = 8 is allowed
>
>Got no colors, skipping readSharedColorAtom
>
>ERROR: Couldn't reserve colors and no shared colormap exists.
>If some other application on this screen is reserving
>colors, cause it to exit, then restart this program.
>
>Is there anything I can do to get this to work?? That is setup the
>framebuffer to have a depth of 8?? I don't know much about the
>different framebuffer's out there either. Is there any reference
>material around I could have a gander at??
>
Susan KJ Thielen System/Network Manager
Imaging Lab, Robarts Research Institute Phone: (519) 663-5777x4029
PO Box 5015, 100 Perth Drive Fax: (519) 663-3900
London, ON N6A 5K8 Canada E-mail: thielen@irus.rri.uwo.ca
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