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On November 20, 2001 10:49 pm, you wrote:
> Can someone tell me what's going on here? It looks very wrong to me,
> at least by the current definition of desktop_color_depth.
>
> /* _xwin_sysdrv_desktop_color_depth:
> * Returns the current desktop color depth.
> */
> static int _xwin_sysdrv_desktop_color_depth(void)
> {
> if (_xwin.window_depth <= 8)
> return 8;
> else if (_xwin.window_depth <= 16)
> return 16;
> else
> return 32;
> }
Well since allegro doesn't support depths < 8bpp that can be 'OK'.
And X will not give a 15bpp or 24bpp depth screen. (from my limited
understanding of X anyway) When asking X it will say 15 is 16 and
24 is 32. (but X also differentiates from bpp (depth) and fbpp (frame buffer
bits per pixel...)
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