[Bug 19699] New: startx -- :1 -depth 8 yields black screen in desktop window mode

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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 at winehq.org
        ReportedBy: hoehle at 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).

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