Bad Background Color, YDL4

[Jeff Yowell]

Just as with cars, "your mileage may vary...."


> Whoa! Guys...
> Never say never with Linux...
> I'm running YDL 3.0.1 been using it continuously (going on years now),
> kernel- 2.6.5, on a 233MHz Beige G3 Minitower whose display is set at
> 832x624 at millions of colors running off the original ATI Mach 64 3D
> RAGE II with all of 2044kb as its memory size!
> 
> Anyone care to beat that!
> Careful what you say isn't possible guys...There's always someone on
> this list who's done or using something equally unheard of and/or
> outragous!
> 
> Ciao!
> On Sun, 2005-01-16 at 20:37, Ted Goranson wrote:
>> Jeff Yowell wrote on 1/16/05:
>>> YDL can't handle millions of colors. Same thing happened to me.
>>> Try thousands.
>>> 
>>>>  I took the plunge and tossed my YDL3 on my Pismo and installed YDL4
>>>>  over it. Thought it would be easier than trying to update 3.
>>>> 
>>>>  All is well, except for a strange color problem. All colors display
>>>>  well except those associated with the background image and the window
>>>>  titlebar. I know they are supposed to be blueish, but they display
>>>>  mud-color. Fiddling with options and changing themes, etc just
>>>>  produces more of the same.
>>>> 
>>>>  I selected millions of colors during the installation.
>>>> 
>>>>  Does this sound familiar to anyone?
>>>> 
>>>> Best, Ted
>> 
>> That's news. Why did they give the option for millions then?
>> (Rhetorical question)
>> 
>> I've rooted around in all the obvious places. How do I change from
>> millions to thousands?
>> 
>> Many thanks.
>> 
>> Best, Ted
> 
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