Re: SS20 Default Color Depth

[Steve Dunham <dunham@cse.msu.edu>]

"Weon-sun Lee" <randy@hostbank.net> writes:

> [root@sparc20 /root] cat /proc/fb
> 0 CGsix
> [root@sparc20 /root] dmesg
> ------------- skip ----------------
> here is fb0 infomation
> Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x54
> fb0: cgsix at 2.00000000 TEC Rev 4 CPU sparc Rev b [TurboGX]
> ------- skip -----------------

> The Xserver use only 8 depth (eg, I'm use xsun and also xsun24)

The cgsix is a 8-bit video card.  To use the 24-bit video card, you
need a special video module in the long memory slot.  (There are two
long memory slots, it goes in the one closest to the front of the
machine.)  Last time I checked, these video modules were expensive.


Steve
dunham@cse.msu.edu