Re: xfree setup?
On Sat, 5 Feb 2000, Aaron Solochek wrote:
> I recall X looking nicer under solaris, ie, it was running at a better
> resolution with more colors. Now, I'm new to both sparc linux and
> xfree, so I have no idea how to set this sort of stuff up.... Is it even
> possible to change the resolution? Right now I'm using the xsun24
> server, which I guess is not common, but it is working decently. I've
> already looked around in /etc/X11, but couldn't find anything useful.
>
> -Aaron Solochek
> leko@cmu.edu
>
Um, it should be the same. AFAIK (at least for all Sun framebuffers I have
seen) there is _only one_ resolution and colordepth supported. So there
_is_ no XF86Config file, since there are no options (I also found this
weird on my first SPARC/Linux box).
The resolution should be the same (prolly 1152x900, maybe more on newer
machines) as in Solaris; there should be no resolution change at all in
switching from the console to X.
My various SPARCs w/cgsix's all seem fine in this respect -- I know
they are since they have the older fixed-frequency monitors that can only
do the one resolution the framebuffer supports.
Do you have a specific example of "looking nicer"? Are you actually seeing
things dithering? Is the resolution measurably lower? (quick check: move
an xterm around and look at its coordinates...how big is the screen?)
Cheers,
Ari Heitner
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