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Re: sparcstation 10 w/ X



the only thing that dmesg displays is :
fb0: cgsix at e.20000000 TEC Rev 2 CPU 68020 Rev 7 [GX]

what kinda frame buffer is this ? 


On Sun, 19 Nov 2000, Q89029292 wrote:

> 
> 
> On Sat, 18 Nov 2000, Jim Kovalchuk wrote:
> 
> > Hi, just installed potato on my sparcstation 10. Seems i cant run X in
> > 16bpp mode. Is this a hw limitation ? Does my video buffer not have enough
> > memory to run in 16bpp mode ? How do i find out what video buffer i have ? 
> 
> from the command line enter the command $ dmesg
> 
> the look for the line that begins with fb0:
> 
> Your card will either be 8 bit or 24 bit color.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Peter Firmstone.
> 
> 
> 



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