Re: [dev] sent/ not displaying images

From: <kjell.samuelsson_AT_qualitell.se>
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2024 23:10:38 +0200

2024-08-25 21:29 skrev Hiltjo Posthuma:
> On Sun, Aug 25, 2024 at 07:28:09PM +0200, kjell.samuelsson_AT_qualitell.se
> wrote:
>> I installed sent/ on a 25 year old IBM ThinkPad 600X. It worked fine
>> except
>> it would not display images. Instead it returned an error message
>> "display
>> depths <24 not supported". After lengthy investigations supported by
>> knowledgeable members of several forums, I think I now know the reason
>> why
>> sent/ will not display images. One of the dependancies require sse2
>> support,
>> and my ThinkPad doesn't have sse2 support.
>>
>> I would really like to be able to run sent/ on my ThinkPad, so my
>> question
>> to you is if it's possible to find som kind of
>> workaround/patch/hack/adaption that would make it possible. I have
>> tried the
>> sent-0.2 and it had the same problem.
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Kjell Samuelsson
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> Check if X is running in 24-bit+ color display mode.

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Received on Sun Aug 25 2024 - 23:10:38 CEST