From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 31 9:28:46 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fellspt.charm.net (fellspt.charm.net [199.0.70.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE71815AAB for ; Tue, 31 Aug 1999 09:28:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dutch@charm.net) Received: from charm.net (coretel-115-105.charm.net [209.143.115.105]) by fellspt.charm.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA15533; Tue, 31 Aug 1999 12:25:55 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <37CC023E.C6CA2703@charm.net> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 12:26:38 -0400 From: Dutch Collins X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Will Andrews Cc: Alfred Perlstein , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Doug Subject: Re: Netscape hoggin' up all my colors References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Will Andrews wrote: > > On 30-Aug-99 Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > I'm _pretty_ sure you guys are stuck in "8bit pseudo color" mode > > where there can only be 256 colors on the screen at one time, > > both of you should re-check that you are indeed at 16 bit color mode. > > Yes, both of you _should_. Here's what you are probably missing from > /etc/XF86Config: > > # The Colour SVGA server > > Section "Screen" > Driver "svga" > # Use Device "Generic VGA" for Standard VGA 320x200x256 > #Device "Generic VGA" > Device "dvv550" > Monitor "mag21" > DefaultColorDepth 24 > Subsection "Display" > Depth 16 > Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > ViewPort 0 0 > EndSubsection > Subsection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > ViewPort 0 0 > EndSubsection > Subsection "Display" > Depth 32 > Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > ViewPort 0 0 > EndSubsection > Subsection "Display > Depth 8 > Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" > ViewPort 0 0 > EndSubsection > EndSection > > The key line is "DefaultColorDepth", which in my case is set to 24. This value > should be one of 8, 16, 24, or 32. By default, it is 8. Note also my Modes > settings, which has the highest resolutions tried, then lower ones. In 24bpp, I > easily get 1280x1024. > > > You may want to try the graphical version of XFree86's setup, I've > > found it to be much easier to manage. > > I thought xf86config (the script, not the file) was better.. XF86Setup never > seems to work properly. > > -- > Will Andrews > I used the script xf86config for that reason. I use 8bpp at 1024x768 ist and the lower res. 2nd and 3rd. I will check my stuff and post. I will gen a couple of web pages of info so I do not e-mail a monster. thanks for to pointer. -d --- 3.5 days till the *beach* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message