Ubuntu
xorg package

Different color depth on different virtual screens

Bug #219995 reported by Fred
2
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xorg (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: xorg

In BeOS you could have different color depths on different virtual screens.

Example you could have 3 virtual screens, one with 8-bit, 16-bit and 24-bit color.

Then you could drag an application (showing a picture) across the virtual screens to see how they look in other color depths.

I think that the technology to be able to have different color depths for different virtual screens is pretty cool and would make the system more versatile.

I got the idea from this video (skip to 7 minutes).
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eMGbDJmgv0

Bryce Harrington (bryce)
Changed in xorg:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Confirmed
Iulian Udrea (iulian)
Changed in xorg:
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote :

That's impossible in X, won't happen.

Changed in xorg:
status: Triaged → Won't Fix
Revision history for this message
Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote :

note that you can change the depth per window with compositing, so doing it in the xserver makes no sense.

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Fred (eldmannen+launchpad) wrote :

Maybe it shouldn't be impossible.

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