Switch to 16 bit (High Colour, 65536 colour) colour or better.
(Right-click the desktop, Properties, Settings, colour setting is on the
left)
The modes that wont work are 16 colour and 256 colour.
The modes that will are 65536 colours, and anything higher, including
true-colour. It is possible, although these days unlikely, that increasing
the colour depth will decrease your screen resolution (size.) It may also
slow down programs that do a lot of screen writing.
(Geek-note: although the hardware palatizes 16bit mode, Windows preprograms
the pallet to give a non-palatized interface with 5 or 6 bits per plane. In
256 colour mode each window can have its own palet. This involves a lot of
code, 50-100 lines of it, [which is unforgivably bad interface design on
Microsoft's part.] Obviously, GDK cann't be bothered.)
--
Richard Urwin, Software Design Engineer
Ricardo Test Automation
Open House, 3 Watling Drv., Hinckley, UK.
rurwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: paul.nemeth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:paul.nemeth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 24 September 2001 11:44
To: ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Ethereal-users] Question to "Laptop / NT/ Ethereal"
Hi
I've downloaded the version 0.8.19 from www.ethereal.com.
Now after the start is an error message:
"
Gdk-Error:
Palettized display[256-color] mode not supported on
Windows.
Aborting....
"
My question is: How can I work unter NT?
Paul
24. September 2001
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