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From: Lars Koeller <Lars_Koeller@odie.physik2.uni-rostock.de>
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Subject: Re: 16 bpp X server?
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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


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