Re: xserver-xfree8 4.0.1-8 on powerpc
On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Frederic Seraphine wrote:
> > >> > it still present some annoying glitch: the color of the whole display is
> > >> > wrong, it has a general pink hue.
> >
> > Do you mean it is actually pink, or are you simply saying that some
> > gray colours have a slightly pinkish shade?
>
> As a matter of fact, yes it's only the gray collors that are pink, but a lot
> more than just slightly
>
> > Depth 16 (not 16 bpp!) is a weird mode indeed. In depth 16, the
>
> thought it was the same thing. I still must be computer graphic illiterate :-).o
Bpp (bits per pixel) is the number of bits occupied by each pixel, usually 8,
16, 24 or 32.
Depth is the actual number of bits that's used for color information. Common
values are 8, 15, 16, 24 and 30.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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