Demo stack not working in Linux

[Scott Rossi]

Recently, "Alejandro Diaz"  wrote:

> I've been downloading MetaCard to keep in touch with the developments of
> this superb program. However, I've been noticing that from some releases
> until the current one I can't use the "Demo" stack. When invoked, the
> screen turns black and I can hear the sound of the avi file, but no image
> is shown. (Yes, I could see the movie using xanim). After the intro movie
> is finished, the display still is totally black, and the demo does not
> receive mouse inputs. The only way to get out is to kill the app to
> restore the display.
> 
> Does anyone has noticed/solved this behavior? I notice it in all
> the recent releases of MetaCard in SuSE Linux 7.1, 7.3 and 8.0.

Are you by any chance running your system under 4 bit color (16 colors)?  I
was told that MC doesn't support color depth settings below 256 colors and
the behavior you describe sounds like what can happen if the bit depth of
the monitor is too low.

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
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