Changing the Server Visual
Server visual defines the color characteristics for the specified screen of your X server display. To configure server visual settings, select the Xconfig file you want to modify and open the Exceed onDemand Xconfig dialog box.
On the Screen page, select the appropriate option from the Server Visual drop-down list:
- Auto SelectExceed onDemand automatically selects the Server Visual setting as follows:
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If the video driver setting is High Color or TrueColor, Exceed onDemand selects the TrueColor setting. If the video driver settings is 256 color, Exceed onDemand selects PseudoColor.
- PseudoColorSupports dynamic colormaps of 256 colors. Under normal circumstances, the PseudoColor setting is appropriate. By default, the X server allocates the color black to cell zero, and white to cell one when PseudoColor is enabled. However, you can reverse this allocation by enabling the Sun Microsystems Compatible Colormap option on the Screen page. PseudoColor mode is supported with a high color or true color video driver.
- GrayScaleClients display colors as shades of gray.
- StaticColorThe X server pre-allocates colors from a defined table of colors. Color requests issued by X applications are redirected to the closest matching color. X applications cannot change these colors. You should not select this setting unless you have problems trimming the number of colors used by X applications and window managers to 16 (or 256 for video modes supporting 256 colors).
- StaticGrayThe server pre-allocates shades of gray from a defined table of grays. Gray requests issued by clients are redirected to the closest matching shade. Clients cannot change these shades.
- TrueColorUse with display drivers that support 32,768 or more simultaneous colors on your video adapter.
Sun Microsystems Compatible Colormap
Enables Sun Microsystems-compatible colors and affects the default settings of the PseudoColor server visual. Selecting this option reverses the allocation: black is allocated to cell one, and white is allocated to cell zero. By default, the X server allocates the color black to cell zero, and the color white to cell one when PseudoColor is enabled.
Multiple Color Depths Support
Enables advertisement of all supported visuals. This lets certain X applications display correctly (for example, if 8-bit PseudoColor or 24-bit TrueColor is the default visual on a high-color video device). Clearing this option means that Exceed onDemand advertises only the default visual.
Related Topics
Configuring Exit Settings
About Window Modes
Panning
Defining Video Settings