RE: X color depth
NB: i set my riva128 to 24bpp with XF86Setup, and the card couldn't do it so
X wouldn't start, so I couldn't re-run XF86Setup to change it. I had to edit
xf86Config by hand (the geek method). Boy did it feel gooood. ;-)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Carline [mailto:jtc@stic.net]
> Sent: 08 May 2000 16:07
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: X color depth
>
>
> Umum Wijoyo wrote:
>
> > Hello...
> >
> > How can I set my X color depth to be more than 8 bpp
> (say... like 16 or
> > 24)?
>
> Run XF86Setup (the XFree86 recommended method), or run
> xf86config (the old method),
> or edit your XF86Config file by hand (the geek method) and
> select the screen size and
> depth you want.
>
> John
>
> >
> >
> > Does this have anything to do with my video card config? (I
> think I've set
> > up my S3 Savage 3D card correctly...)
> >
> > When we were still using RedHat 6.2, we had no problem: our
> X display was
> > fascinating! It even looked better than Windows (shudder)! ;-p
>
> Anything RedHat can do, Debian can do better. ;-)
>
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