RedHat 5.1 - color modes

[jabr at tarnhelm.blu.org (John Abreau)]

I installed RedHat 5.1 last night, and I tried out a couple of the demos
on the Applications CD. Specifically, I tried out WordPerfect and
Executor.

Unfortunately, neither of these displayed correctly in 24-bit color mode.
When I quit out of X and then restarted in 8-bit color mode, they were OK. 

Is there a way of running 8-bit-color applications within a 24-bit-color
X session? It would be a shame if these commercial applications won't run
properly on high-end hardware.

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John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix 
Email: jabr at blu.org / URL: http://www.blu.org
Unix Systems Administrator, Polaroid / abreauj at polaroid.com
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