Re: Unidentified subject!

[Lyall Ward <law@osgiliath.ath.cx>]

Daniel,

Thanks for the config file. All I needed to do was add a section in my
Screens definition to say DefaultDepth 16/24. I assumed if I only had a
16bpp screen defined it would use it rather then looking for an 8bpp.

Thanks again for the help.
Lyall.

On 4 Feb 2001, Daniel Pittman wrote:

> Lyall Ward <law@osgiliath.ath.cx> writes:
> >
> > Hi, I have dell inspiron 3700 with an ATI Rage Mobility AGP 2x vid
> > card(detects as being a Mach 64 LM). Running debian 2.2(potato) and
> > XF86 4.0.2.
> >
> > I have successfully installed and configured X to run at 1024x768 8bit
> > color using the ati driver. I have, however had this system running in
> > 24bit color using XF86 3.3.6 and Mandrake 7.0-2 under the mach64
> > dirver.
> >
> > Currently if I try to run in 16 or 24 bit color. I get an error
> > message that no Screen for 8bit has been defined and the x server
> > crashes.
> 
> I get 1024x768x16 on my machine (Gateway Solo 9300) with:
> 
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage P/M Mobility AGP 2x (rev 64)
> 
> Attached is my config file; I hope it helps. :)
> 
>         Daniel
> 
>