RE: [Bug-gnubg] Latest Windows Build (Mingw) - 3d Color picker bug?

[Jonathan Kinsey]

> From: Michael Petch <address@hidden>

> I decided to install the windows build available on the site (with python
> and DB support built in). The first thing I noticed is that the Colour
> picker in 3d mode displays all BLACK in the preview pane (The 2d colour
> picker works).

I noticed (and fixed this) the other day!  Along with saving boards as png 
files.

> This is an interesting bug considering the 3d color picker causes problems
> on OS/X. Have any of the windows developers who did the mingw build seen
> this? Or maybe it is just my windows box? (VMWARE 5 Workstation).
>
> I am betting that there is a relationship between the 3d colour picker
> problem on windows and the one that crashes OS/X.

Maybe, it turns out that the newer gtk stuff wasn't happy with the default 
colour depth parameter.  I've set it to 24bit, I guess this means it might 
not work at 16bit resolutions - I'll try that out.

Jon