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List:       kde-user
Subject:    Re: Colour control on 256 colour platform under KDE 2.x
From:       "Terry" <lawnman59 () netzero ! net>
Date:       2001-06-04 15:16:40
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He is talking about using the low-color icon theme rather then the
high-color one.  To restrict the number of available colors will require
lowering the color depth that X uses. For instance you may want to start X
in 8bit color mode. <ie> startx -- -bpp 8, or something like that.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Clark" <matt@eee.nottingham.ac.uk>
To: "KDE User List" <kde-user@lists.netcentral.net>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: Colour control on 256 colour platform under KDE 2.x


>
> Kyle,
>
> Thanks for your post but I have either misunderstood or things
> aren't that simple......
>
> How do you put KDE into locolour mode? This doesn't appear to be
> an option on the control center on my system.
>
> I have removed the hicolour directory (following the advice
> below) /usr/local/kde2/share/icons and restarted and this has no
> effect on the number of free colour slots.  Running my own
> application to see how many private colour slots are available
> under KDE returns 50 free slots with nothing running except
> Konsole and the control panel.  I need at least 64 free colour
> slots to work effectively.
>
>
> >
> > By putting KDE in locolor mode, you do restrict the kde desktop /
> > window manager to use only 40 colors.  The problem is the icons and
> > then other applications.  I removed the hicolor icon directory
> > (/usr/share/icons)
> > and then made a link to the locolor icon directory and called it
hicolor.
> > I'm
> > not sure if this is necessary but I wanted to make sure hicolor is not
used
> > and if I just deleted the hicolor directory, I would not get any icons.
I
> > do not know why.
> >
> > I then remvoed the 32x32 and 22x22 in the locolor icon directory and I
> > also removed gnome off the menu since they are using hicolor pixmaps.
> >
> > After doing the above kde uses only 60 colors after login.  After
bringing
> > up apps, the available colors will go away.  Netscape will use up most
> > of them but it can also be started with a -install option and it will
> > allocate
> > a private colormap.  Acrobat reader is another program that will eat up
> > the colors.
> >
> > Note, because I got rid of the 32x32 icons, the desktop icons are quite
> > small but I don't care.  I guess I could slowly add in the 32x32 icons
> > that I need but have not gone through that pain.
> >
> >
> > Kyle
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Matthew Clark <matt@eee.nottingham.ac.uk> on 06/04/2001 07:27:19 AM
> >
> > Please respond to kde-user@lists.netcentral.net
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  To:      KDE User List <kde-user@lists.netcentral.net>
> >
> >  cc:      (bcc: Kyle S Hoyt/STP/Raytheon/US)
> >
> >
> >
> >  Subject: Re: Colour control on 256 colour platform under KDE
> >           2.x
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I need to restrict the number of colours used by KDE to
> > ensure there are at least 64 colour slots left for
> > applications (to prevent switching to a private map).
> > I had one reply previously but it didn't seem quite right.
> >
> >
> > Also a stupid question but were did the controls go that allow
> > you to redefine the behaviour of the window frame buttons
> > (dor/square/X for minimize/maximize/kill) I want windows to
> > maximize vertically only.....
> >
> >
> >
> > Is there a way to limit KDE2s colour usage, the  reply below
> > doesn't seem relevant.
> >
> > On Thu, 31 May 2001, Georg Golombek wrote:
> >
> > > Am Donnerstag, 31. Mai 2001 20:33 schrieb Matthew Clark:
> > > > Dear list,
> > > >
> > > > I wish to restrict the number of colours KDE uses ...
> > >
> > > Hello Matthew,
> > >
> > > there is a point in Control-center, appearance, symbols
> > >
> > > with low-color Desktop
> > >
> > >
> > > reg. gg
> >
> > On my system there is control-center:lookandfeel:colours and
> > then no mention of low colour usage.
> >
> > Any thoughts ? thanks matt
> >
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