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by **Stew Pelega** » Fri, 10 Aug 2001 23:05:42

We have a motif that runs fine in Solaris 2.6, but when we run it in
Solaris 8, we get
the following error:

Could not find desired 8 bit PseudoColor visual
Trying 24 bit DirectColor.
Could not obtain either required Visual, exiting.

When we run the app on a Solaris 2.6 box and export the display to a
Solaris 8 box,
we get the same error. Any suggestions? Thanks.

by **Stefaan A Eecke** » Sat, 11 Aug 2001 01:31:23

Quote:> We have a motif that runs fine in Solaris 2.6, but when we run it in
> Solaris 8, we get
> the following error:

> Could not find desired 8 bit PseudoColor visual
> Trying 24 bit DirectColor.
> Could not obtain either required Visual, exiting.

> When we run the app on a Solaris 2.6 box and export the display to a
> Solaris 8 box,
> we get the same error. Any suggestions? Thanks.

It's a problem with the application. Obviously, the Solaris 8
machine doesn't have the visuals required by the application.

Try

$ xdpyinfo

on the box and see if it has a 24-bit DirectColor visual.

Some information on the Solaris 8 machine (like the framebuffer
it uses) would lead to a better answer, or even a workaround.

--
Stefaan
--
Every modification you make to a third-party software product is just one
more thing that you have to document, maintain, reimplement with upgrades,
and explain to your co-workers. Most of the time this is a very bad idea.

by **Stew Peleg** » Sat, 11 Aug 2001 04:53:02

> # We have a motif that runs fine in Solaris 2.6, but when we run it in
> # Solaris 8, we get
> # the following error:
> #
> # Could not find desired 8 bit PseudoColor visual
> # Trying 24 bit DirectColor.
> # Could not obtain either required Visual, exiting.
> #
> # When we run the app on a Solaris 2.6 box and export the display to a
> # Solaris 8 box,
> # we get the same error. Any suggestions? Thanks.

> Have you looked over the framebuffer FAQ?

> http://www.sunhelp.org/faq/FrameBuffer.html

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I was able to gather from
the FAQ that the X server needed the following parameters to enable the
motif app. to run:

...defclass PseudoColor defdepth 8

Also, a co-worker said that the problem might go away by installing the
4/01 release of Solaris 8.

--
Stewart Pelegan
Computer Sciences Corporation
301.921.3206
Fax: 301.921.0985

by **Andrew Muell** » Sat, 11 Aug 2001 05:46:14

> We have a motif that runs fine in Solaris 2.6, but when we run it in
> Solaris 8, we get
> the following error:

> Could not find desired 8 bit PseudoColor visual
> Trying 24 bit DirectColor.
> Could not obtain either required Visual, exiting.

> When we run the app on a Solaris 2.6 box and export the display to a
> Solaris 8 box,
> we get the same error. Any suggestions? Thanks.

What application is it? Can you re-compile it?
Make sure to cross-post in comp.windows.x.motif.

-Andrew Mueller
http://synecdoche.net/~andy

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Motif App. Works in 2.6 but Not in Solaris 8

Motif App. Works in 2.6 but Not in Solaris 8

Motif App. Works in 2.6 but Not in Solaris 8

Motif App. Works in 2.6 but Not in Solaris 8

Motif App. Works in 2.6 but Not in Solaris 8