From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Oct 9 17:47:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA03497 for freebsd-mobile-outgoing; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 17:47:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id RAA03403 for ; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 17:46:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from imp@village.org) Received: from harmony [10.0.0.6] by rover.village.org with esmtp (Exim 1.71 #1) id 0zRnB0-0005tM-00; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 18:46:30 -0600 Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.9.1/8.8.3) with ESMTP id SAA03197; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 18:46:04 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199810100046.SAA03197@harmony.village.org> To: Brian Somers Subject: Re: Is this possible Cc: Sebastien GIORIA , freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 09 Oct 1998 13:01:54 BST." <199810091201.NAA02033@woof.lan.awfulhak.org> References: <199810091201.NAA02033@woof.lan.awfulhak.org> Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 18:46:03 -0600 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In message <199810091201.NAA02033@woof.lan.awfulhak.org> Brian Somers writes: : I've poked around with my machine, and I can't get a satisfactory : (read: readable) 1024x768 display even at 8 bits. AFAIK, X doesn't : do less than 8 bit colour (256 colours). No. That's not ture. XF86_VGA16 does 16 colors, and XF86_Mono does 2 colors. X requires at least two colors to work, not 256 colors. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message