http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19699
Summary: startx -- :1 -depth 8 yields black screen in desktop window mode Product: Wine Version: 1.1.25 Platform: PC OS/Version: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: winex11.drv AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: hoehle@users.sourceforge.net
It seems Wine does not correctly set the palette when opening its window in a 8bpp display. Every time its window is activated, it installs a completely black palette.
To reproduce: - In e.g. Ubuntu Intrepid, switch to a terminal with e.g. ctrl-alt-F3 - startx -- :1 -depth 8 should yield a working desktop. Otherwise your graphics card may not be able to support the ancient 8bit modes. An on-board Intel i915 works. Alternatively, logout of your gdm/kdm session if you fear being logged in twice may harm your Gnome/KDE configuration, then start the X server. - Use Ctrl-Alt-F3/F7/F8/F9 to switch consoles. - Open a terminal window. - glxgears works. Note the change of screen colors when changing focus from one window to another -- people were used to that on X consoles 20 years ago. - wine winecfg causes a completely black screen if set to desktop window mode. - Use Alt-Tab to (blindly) switch to another window (e.g. the terminal): the colors are restored, and the winecfg window inside the desktop window appears normally (except for strange colours, as for all other windows except the currently focused one). Click in the wine window and everything becomes black again.
In full-screen mode, winecfg opens normally (colours of all other screen contents change, which is "normal" with 8bpp with X).