Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 21:54:57 +0100 (MEZ) From: Jacek Szostek <ind54@ci3ux.ci.pwr.wroc.pl> To: Joel Yancey <python@cia-g.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XFree86 Message-ID: <Pine.SCO.3.91.970313214155.1056A-100000@ci3ux.ci.pwr.wroc.pl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970312175948.12963B-100000@maslow.cia-g.com>
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On Wed, 12 Mar 1997, Joel Yancey wrote: > > On Wed, 12 Mar 1997, Jacek Szostek wrote: > > > I have installed XFree86 ver. 3.2 and configured XF86Config for S3 Trio > > 64V+ ( 2Mb Ram ), which I have. I have set up the "640x480" and "800x600" > > display modes and the display depth = 8, but I cannot get 256 colors. > > I have also set DefaultColorDepth in the screen section, but it is not > > working. > > When I launch X Window server, it reports using 6 bits per RGB value. I > > have no idea why, maybe I do something wrong. > > Can anybody help me ? > > > > Try starting Xwindows with: > startx -- -bpp16 > and see if this helps =) > Yes, I have set -bpp 16 option and it is working. Thank you for your help. I have also tried other colour depths and noticed that the two depths do not seem to work propetly. When I set the -bpp 8 option, X Window server reported 6 bpp and when I set the -bpp 24 option, it reported 32 bpp. I do not know why, but thank you again anyway. Jacek
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