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rn Sun, 9 May 2010, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

> I tried svgalib instead of Xvesa and it no longer got the XRequest.138
> error but it crashed anyway with other errors, one about color and RRGGBB.
> I am using 800x600 and 8-bit color and will try 24-bit instead.
> Sindi
I got a message about not being able to handle 24-bit color
so I then tried 15-bit color.

15-bit color with svgalib loads MUCH more slowly than 8-bit and the 'text' 
appears one word at a time, and then the entire page reloads a second 
time.  Maybe sdf is sending bitmapped 8-bit color images of each word of 
the text.

It did not crash at the slashdot page but it froze up and
I could not enter another URL.  On exit more error messages.

I will try links2 later today, and also maybe broadband.
I think links2 does 8-bit color (with svgalib not Xvesa).

Steven, which color depth and which X server(s) did you try?

Sindi