Q: How can I get my icons to display legibly on Linux?

FAQ : Platform Support (Linux, Windows) : Q: How can I get my icons to display legibly on Linux?

A: Increase the color depth on your computer.

How to Make Garbled Icons Legible

Operating System(s)

Redhat, Solaris, Ubuntu

Software Version(s)

VA Smalltalk 7.x, 8.x

Problem

On Linux platforms the Transcript and other Toolbar icons may appear with illegible graphics.

Solution

Increase the screen depth to the maximum value.

For example, on RedHat, select the Redhat Main Menu->System Settings->Display tool and change the Color Depth to "millions of colors". You will need to log out and back in to restart the X server for the changes to take effect.

Last modified date: 01/29/2015