Issues running Xorg in 8 bit color mode:q

[Sérgio Basto]

On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 09:27 +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: 
> On Don, 2011-09-15 at 14:26 -0500, Doug Kuvaas wrote:
> > I have a legacy application that is run from a UNIX host computer that
> > does not function properly if executed with color depths greater than
> > 8 bits.  When I try to run Xorg in the form of Xorg :0 +bs -wm -retro
> > -depth 8 -fbbpp 8, all I end up with is grayscale, no color at all.
> 
> See http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2011-January/018452.html . A
> sad example of perfect being the enemy of better... 

you may try vnc, not sure that work:
vncserver :1 -depth 8
and
vncviewer :1 -FullScreen 

also see ~/.vnc/xstartup for startup options.


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Sérgio M. B.