[Info-vax] Monitor colors go strange

[Tom Adams]

On Sep 24, 11:51 am, David Mathog <mat... at caltech.edu> wrote:
> tadamsmar wrote:
> > Sometimes, when you open an new decterm on the console, the colors on
> > all windows change.  We have one now where the colors turn orange and
> > black.
>
> Try xdpyinfo when the display is in each state.  Probably the display's
> color model is being swapped from 8 plane pseudocolor to 24 plane TrueColor.
>
> Regards,
>
> David Mathog

Somebody logged out and destroyed my test case, so I can't check till
it happens again.

Why would the color model be swapped?