Re: Powerpc (mac-G4) -essentially (less) broken
On Mon, 2002-01-21 at 22:19, Jeffrey W. Baker wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-01-21 at 13:13, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > On Mon, 2002-01-21 at 19:55, Nick Bailey wrote:
> > > >
> > > Success on the 24-bit mode. I found out that on this G4, append
> > > video=atyfb:vmode=22:cmode=24 works wonders. Then the DefaultFbBpp line
> > > in the XF86Config-4 file is unnecessary (in fact, has to be removed).
> >
> > Color depth in console and X are independent. In fact, anything besides
> > cmode=8 is a waste of video RAM and performance for console because it
> > only has 16 colors anyway.
>
> That seems to be a matter of taste. In fact there are many programs
> which can use the framebuffer for display of images and even watching
> television or DVDs. In those case, you'll want your display set to
> 16-bit color.
Those applications should change the depth themselves.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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