Re: 24bits and colors
I had to look no further than the two characters "GX"... you
have a CG6, which is accerelated 8-bit framebuffer, not capable
of doing 24-bit graphics.
Finding a 24-bit framebuffer that'll work with Linux and
Solaris would be a chore. I personally also have a CG6,
though a Turbo GX, which is a bit faster (I've not done
any benchmarks). I also have a CG3 (slow 8-bit which is
sitting around collecting dust because it was too slow).
My advice? Live with it (still a decent framebuffer), and
run netscape with the "-install" command-line option to give
it it's own colormap...
> > It would be helpful to know which framebuffer you have. Even
> > some that are 24-bit capable I believe are currently supported
> > as doing 8-bit (which is 256 colors, BTW).
>
> All info I can see is:
>
> Sun GX AT&T 1134A2 9244 7495317
> BT-Bt458LP5110 RAMDAC 232 9242
>
> Does it help?
>
> > Look at http://www.geog.ubc.ca/s_linux.html and see if it tells
> > you anything. At worst, if you don't know what card you have,
> > email me the part number (something like 501-XXXX), and I can
> > look it up for you.
>
> Trying that...
>
> Thanks a lot,
> Angel
>
>
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