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If you, just like me, use a Linux system with a old
graphic card (mine is S3 Trio64 2MB), or a graphic
card that doesn't support 8-bit overlays on top of
a TrueColor display, here is a simple way to fix the
8-bit color problem.

The project that I'm working on now only provides style
file and color map for 8-bit color. So every time that
I try magic, magic will ask for style file and color
map for 24-bit TrueColor (even though that I'm in
a 1024x768 16-bit TrueColor environment), and then
kicked me out.

Here is a trick that I found over the internet to fix
this problem.

Use "startx -- :1 -bpp 8" to start another xserver with
8-bit color and use magic there. All your color related
problems should be fixed. You can use "Ctrl-Alt-F7/F8"
to switch between your TrueColor xserver and your 8-bit
color xserver.

It works fine for me on my Suse 7.2 system.

Good luck.

Jonathan

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