Re: [debian-knoppix] Virtual PC 6.1 for Mac, color depth
Hi,
On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 12:01:11 +0000, C. D. Rok wrote:
> I am running Knoppix (3.3) on Virtual PC 6.1 for Mac.
> Everything works fine, except I can't get it to run
> graphics in more that 256 colors. I have tried most
> (all? :) possible combinations of X related boot
> options (xserver, screen, xmodule, fb.., vga...)
> to no avail. Virtual PC emulates S3 Trio 32/64 PCI
> video video hardware, and will run other Intel OSes
> in 16 and 24 bit color without any problems.
IIRC the S3 Trio 64 isn't very well supported by XFree 4.0 (which is
the default on Knoppix). However you can switch to XFree 3.x by setting
the xserver variable:
knoppix xserver=XF86_S3
bye,
Chris
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