X11 in 256 color mode font issue

Hello all,
I have a problem with the X11 (X11 1.1.2 - XFree86 4.4.0) application on MacOS X 10.4.8. If I set the color depth to 256 colors and restart the application the fonts get corrupted. The X11 window gets unusable. Also the X11 application started has the same problem.
I cannot use another color depth because the X11 application used asks for it.
Maybe this is an Intel-based Mac issue only, but I do not know for sure.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Thomas
20" iMac Intel Core Duo 2   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

I think it is a bug.
http://lists.apple.com/archives/x11-users/2006/May/msg00014.html

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