RE: FW: Sorry the attachment is here
"Nitin Mahajan" <[email protected]>
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Oh ! I C.I will create a colormap for directcolor and try it and let u know the result. Thanx u again and again. Regards Nitin Mahajan Socrates Software India Pvt Ltd... mail:[email protected] Ph:51101667. Mobile : 9448260513 ====================================== The Lord gave us two ends -- one to sit on and the other to think with. Success depends on which one we use the most. -----Original Message----- From: Geert Uytterhoeven [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 10:10 PM To: Nitin Mahajan Cc: [email protected] Subject: RE: FW: Sorry the attachment is here On Sat, 7 Jun 2003, Nitin Mahajan wrote: > But What if I want to set the mode to TRUE_COLOR? > In that case we need not worry about colormaps. You cannot control that. If the hardware supports directcolor, the frame buffer device will provide it and you'll have to emulate truecolor yourself. The reasoning behind this is that directcolor is much more powerful, and it can easily emulate truecolor. > -----Original Message----- > From: Geert Uytterhoeven [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 10:01 PM > To: Nitin Mahajan > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: RE: FW: Sorry the attachment is here > > > On Sat, 7 Jun 2003, Nitin Mahajan wrote: > > But I read that if uhave a true color setting ,u don't need a > > colormap, Can u please put more light on this? > > For truecolor you indeed don't need a colormap. > But for directcolor you do. Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- [email protected] In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds Scanned by SecureSynergy VirusScreen Service. For more information log on to : http://www.securesynergyonline.com or http://www.securesynergy.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com.