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Dear Anusha,

 > I am working on solaris-8/E-250.when I say "magic" on the console it gives me 
 > the following message.I dont know what it means.please let me know what can I 
 > do.
 > 
 > sunflower% magic
 > 
 > Magic 7.2 - Compiled on Fri Feb  7 17:25:53 MST 2003.
 > Using PseudoColor, VisualID 0x22 depth 8
 > display_styles must be 1 to 24 under X11

   I tracked down the fundamental problem a while ago, but didn't get around
to fixing it until yesterday.  I have the fixed code and will post the source
on Monday (Feb. 10).

   The problem was with the way magic determines which style and colormap files
to load.  Before I implemented "reloadable" tech files, magic read the tech
file before determining the display depth, causing all sorts of strange
workarounds in the source.  By switching the order of loading files, I
restored some sense to the process.  However, I missed the fact that the code
which determines the graphics visual (depth) was executed after a lot of
other things (like reading the style file) which need to know the display
depth.  I moved that code up front to where the X11 display is opened, and
now things appear to be working correctly in as many modes as I can test
it on, including 8, 16, and 24 bit displays with X11 and OpenGL graphics.
There are still problems with the off-screen rendering in the "wrapper"
(-w) mode of the Tcl version, but these all seem to be faults of video card
drivers.  It seems to work right under most normal conditions, though.

						Regards,
						Tim

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