Date   : Thu, 04 Mar 1999 17:12:55 +0000
From   : "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dg@...>
Subject: Re: BBC emulator on Linux?

Chris Walton wrote:
> 
> Is anyone succesfully running a BBC emulator under Linux?   I have tried both
> xbeeb and BeebEm, but neither seems to work.   They both compile OK, but on
> running them I get the following error messages:
> 
> xbeeb:  Failed to allocate colour planes!!!
> BeebEm: an X error on display :0.0text: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
>

Beebem will only run on an 8 bit display - you've obviously got a snazzy
16 bit
or 24 bit display.

Beebem was originally written on Linux, and versions of it have been
tested
on Linux, SunOS, Solaris, HPUX and MS-Windows - and probably a few
others.

Dave