Re: Trapped in 8-bit color

[jep jephill com]

** Reply to note from Michal Jaegermann <michal@ellpspace.math.ualberta.ca> Sun, 16 Aug 1998 19:33:46 -0600   
(MDT) 
> You are using 3.3.2-13 server, right?  
 
Right.   
 
> This is broken above 8-bit. Leave all your other updates alone and only 
> replace your server with 3.3.2-7 (as it showed in an original 5.1 relase). On cards I tried this works just fine 
> (older versions did not like Matrox in 24-bit depths; I do not know how this is with 3.3.2-7 but this is not a very 
> great deal anyway as 32-bit depths worked just great). 
 
Thanks.  Where can I get  XFree86-3.3.2-7 or the post- 3.3.2-13 version of the same.  My RH5.1 (Power Tools CD)   
came with 3.3.2-13.  I've searched the other CD's I have here and none offers the magic 3.3.2-7 version.  
  
> Actually there are now on Red Hat site available new servers, from a development series and not in updates, 
> and Erik Troan would really like to know if they fixed that bug. If you could try that as well, and report results, 
> this would be really helpful.  
>  
>  Michal  
 
I have also searched the RH and xfree86.org ftp sites, but I have not found either the elusive 3.3.2-7 or the   
post-3.3.2-13 development XFree86 you mention.  Any clues where I could find either?  Anyone wanna email it to   
me? 
 
Thanks for your reply.   
 
(Hmmm.  a substantive response within about an hour on a Sunday evening.  Not bad for an OS the PC trade press   
says offers no tech support.  )

Regards,

Jep
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