Re: naive question: XFree86 4.1 and Debian Potato: after installation

[lintux@lintux.cx]

And suddenly Rolf Heckemann had this magical idea:
>  X Window applications can install what is called a private color map
>  if the number of colors available from the X server is insufficient.
>  You probably have a color depth of 8 bits set up.  To change this,
>  open /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and find 'Section "Screen"'.  Insert
>  'DefaultDepth 16' after the line 'Monitor "whatever"', then restart
>  the X server.  That will give you 2^16 colors, eliminating the need
>  for private color maps.  Valid values for default depth depend on your
>  server.
>  
Some people don't have enough video RAM for that, like me.. I have 896KB
vRAM. Solution: Created a custom modeline for a 800x570 mode. Works
perfectly... :-)

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