Wireshark · Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Display configuration for Windows?

[Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> I have installed Ethereal under Windows NT (4.0 sp 6).  When I run it I get
> this error: "Gdk-ERROR ** Paletized display (256-colour) mode not supported
> on Windows.  aborting", followed by a Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library
> error.
> 
> I checked, and yes, my display is set to 256-color mode.  What do I need to
> set it to instead?

At least 16-bit color mode:

	http://user.sgic.fi/~tml/gimp/win32/

"256-colour mode doesn't work, and GIMP will not start if you try.  Use
at least HiColor (thousands of colours, 16-bit colours).  (Stick to
Paintbrush if you feel like complaining about that.) TrueColor (millions
of colours, 24- or 32-bit colours) is a must for serious work, of
course."

This refers not only to the GIMP, but to other applications built atop
GTK+, e.g. Ethereal.  The Win32 version of GTK+ doesn't support
256-color mode.