Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 14:07:45 +0100 From: Lars Koeller <Lars_Koeller@odie.physik2.uni-rostock.de> To: eng30219@leonis.nus.sg Cc: freebsd-questions@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 16 bpp X server? Message-ID: <199603121307.OAA02451@odie.physik2.uni-rostock.de> In-Reply-To: Mail from 'Gong Wei <eng30219@leonis.nus.sg>' dated: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 18:12:15 %2B0800 (SST)
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Hello! > Hi all of you there: > > Just a general question about X, last time I rebuild XF86-312 for > FreeBSD2.1.0. Everything is fine, the resulting server is faster than > XF86_SVGA because only cirrus devices are configured. > > The machine I am using is Pentium 75 with 8M Ram. The video card is > clgd5434 with 1M video ram. I've tried to let the server to run at 16 bpp > mode, but finally failed:-( Actually I am quite satisfy with 8 bpp screen, > just want to learn some more, so I tried to modify /etc/XF86Config, try to > recompile X server, try to read man pages, X docs... And finally I think > it's time to shout loudly around the net. 8-) > > Oh, just one more thing, I noticed that when X starts up, it prints a > line like: > "SVGA: server for 8-bit colour SVGA(Patchlevel 0)......." > So what does this line tell us? > > Thanks a lot to all of you who spend your time and effort to help people > like me:-). Really, thanks! Do you ever try "X -bpp 16" when you start the server? Lars -- ____________________________________________________________________________ Lars Köller Phone: +49 381/498-1665, Fax: -1667 Universität Rostock (Germany) E-Mail: Fachbereich Physik Lars_Koeller@odie.physik2.Uni-Rostock.DE Universitätsplatz 3 Anonymous ftp: 18051 Rostock ftp://odie.physik2.uni-rostock.de/pub
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