Performance problems with 8-bit display

[B McAndrews <bmcandrews efs-us com>]

Hi,
As anyone had performance problems on an 8-bit display?  Specifically 
what I am seeing is extremely slow rendering and when it does, finally 
render, colors are totally messed up.  The conditions that this occurs 
under are when a large number of X apps are up on the display, including 
Applix.  Running the app alone appears to be fine.  The display station 
is running Linux, a copy of the xdpyinfo is shown below.  Thanks for any 
help.

--
Brian

name of display:    ds355:0.0
version number:    11.0
vendor string:    Dexon Systems Ltd.
vendor release number:    6300
maximum request size:  4194300 bytes
motion buffer size:  256
bitmap unit, bit order, padding:    32, LSBFirst, 32
image byte order:    LSBFirst
number of supported pixmap formats:    2
supported pixmap formats:
   depth 1, bits_per_pixel 1, scanline_pad 32
   depth 8, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32
keycode range:    minimum 8, maximum 255
focus:  window 0x4c00077, revert to Parent
number of extensions:    21
   BIG-REQUESTS
   DOUBLE-BUFFER
   DPMS
   DX-MULTICURSOR
   DX-ZOOM
   LBX
   MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
   MIT-SHM
   MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
   RECORD
   SECURITY
   SHAPE
   SYNC
   XC-APPGROUP
   XC-MISC
   XFree86-DGA
   XFree86-Misc
   XFree86-VidModeExtension
   XInputExtension
   XKEYBOARD
   XTEST
default screen number:    0
number of screens:    1

screen #0:
 dimensions:    4800x2400 pixels (1626x813 millimeters)
 resolution:    75x75 dots per inch
 depths (2):    1, 8
 root window id:    0x2a
 depth of root window:    8 planes
 number of colormaps:    minimum 1, maximum 1
 default colormap:    0x26
 default number of colormap cells:    256
 preallocated pixels:    black 0, white 1
 options:    backing-store YES, save-unders YES
 largest cursor:    64x64
 current input event mask:    0xd8403d
   KeyPressMask             ButtonPressMask          ButtonReleaseMask        
   EnterWindowMask          LeaveWindowMask          KeymapStateMask          
   SubstructureNotifyMask   SubstructureRedirectMask PropertyChangeMask       
   ColormapChangeMask       
 number of visuals:    6
 default visual id:  0x20
 visual:
   visual id:    0x20
   class:    PseudoColor
   depth:    8 planes
   available colormap entries:    256
   red, green, blue masks:    0x0, 0x0, 0x0
   significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
 visual:
   visual id:    0x21
   class:    DirectColor
   depth:    8 planes
   available colormap entries:    8 per subfield
   red, green, blue masks:    0x7, 0x38, 0xc0
   significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
 visual:
   visual id:    0x22
   class:    GrayScale
   depth:    8 planes
   available colormap entries:    256
   red, green, blue masks:    0x0, 0x0, 0x0
   significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
 visual:
   visual id:    0x23
   class:    StaticColor
   depth:    8 planes
   available colormap entries:    256
   red, green, blue masks:    0x7, 0x38, 0xc0
   significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
 visual:
   visual id:    0x24
   class:    TrueColor
   depth:    8 planes
   available colormap entries:    8 per subfield
   red, green, blue masks:    0x7, 0x38, 0xc0
   significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
 visual:
   visual id:    0x25
   class:    StaticGray
   depth:    8 planes
   available colormap entries:    256
   red, green, blue masks:    0x0, 0x0, 0x0
   significant bits in color specification:    8 bits