Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 22:30:16 -0700 (PDT) From: "Kevin G. Eliuk" <kevin_eliuk@sunshine.net> To: Daniel Lee Greer <greer@jabba.greerhome.louisville.ky.us> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: More Colors in X Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980719221825.360B-100000@vanessa.eliuk.org> In-Reply-To: <35B29A9C.7E3D25E@jabba.greerhome.louisville.ky.us>
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On Sun, 19 Jul 1998, Daniel Lee Greer wrote:
=> Hello, I have just recently installed FreeBSD 2.2.5 and am running X so
=> that I can use Netscape. I am having a problem getting X to run in more
=> than just the standard 256 colors. I have looked thruout the mailing
=> list archives, and it seems that the number one answer that everyone
=> seems to give is that you should invoke startx -- -bpp 16 (Or whatever)
=> to get that many bit planes. I have also seen to edit the .xinitrc or
=> the .Xresources, or the XF86Config file. I have tried all of these
=> unsucsessfully. Now, it may be that netscape just wont work in more
=> than 256 colors but I find that hard to believe. To give you a bit of
=> info, I am using a S3Virge 2 MEG video card running X in 1024X768 trying
=> to run it in 16BIT, as that is max with 2 MEGS of video RAM, I have set
=> my X program to execute /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_S3V I have tried with just
=> the XF86_S3 but I am unable to start the server. I really would love to
=> figure this out, but I guess I am really missing something pretty
=> simple. If there is someone out there that may be able to help me with
=> this issue, I would be very much indebted to them. Oh, another thig, to
=> mention, I am running the mwm window manager.
I don't use one myself although the docs for XFree are always quite
helpful. It appears that you don't call 16bpp only 8, 15, 24, 32 when
using the XF86_SVGA server.
[ /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/html/S3V_toc.html ]
1. Supported hardware
2. XF86_S3V server
2.1. Features:
2.2. Known limitations
2.3. Future Features (in order from highest to lowest priority)
2.4. Configuration: <== * Look Here ==<<<
2.4.1. Cursor:
3. XF86_SVGA server
3.1. Features
3.2. Known limitations
3.3. Configuration <== * Look Here ==<<<
3.4. Hints for LCD configuration (S3 ViRGE/MX)
4. Authors
4.1. XF86_S3V server
4.2. XF86_SVGA ViRGE driver
=> Thanks in advance.
I hope this helps.
=> Daniel Greer
=> greer@jabba.greerhome.louisville.ky.us
Regards,
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