From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 19 22:31:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA26362 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 19 Jul 1998 22:31:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from vanessa.eliuk.org (pme38.sunshine.net [209.17.178.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA26354 for ; Sun, 19 Jul 1998 22:31:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kevin_eliuk@sunshine.net) Received: from localhost (cagey@localhost) by vanessa.eliuk.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA00468; Sun, 19 Jul 1998 22:30:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cagey@vanessa.eliuk.org) Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 22:30:16 -0700 (PDT) From: "Kevin G. Eliuk" Reply-To: "Kevin G. Eliuk" To: Daniel Lee Greer cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: More Colors in X In-Reply-To: <35B29A9C.7E3D25E@jabba.greerhome.louisville.ky.us> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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, Discover Rock Solid Kevin G. Eliuk Discover FreeBSD http://www.FreeBSD.Org --==**==-- --==**==-- --==**==----==**==-- --==**==-- --==**==-- --==**==-- --==**==-- --==**==-- --==**==-- --==**==-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message