Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 10:47:57 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@tera.com> To: Dutch Collins <dutch@charm.net> Cc: Will Andrews <andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Doug <Doug@gorean.org> Subject: Re: Netscape hoggin' up all my colors Message-ID: <19990831104757.A12615@athena.tera.com> In-Reply-To: <37CC023E.C6CA2703@charm.net>; from Dutch Collins on Tue, Aug 31, 1999 at 12:26:38PM -0400 References: <XFMail.990831055704.andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM> <37CC023E.C6CA2703@charm.net>
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When I saw this thread a lightbulb went off. In trying to set up
a private color map, I found that I couldn't allocate more than
a few--possibly 8 or 10 when I'd like 16 or 20 colors.
I've got a Matrox Millennium card with 8MB of ram and yet continually
run out of colors by using just two netscapes. My 17" tube is going
at 1280x1024 and doing only 75x75 pix fonts.
Below if my /etc/XF86Config screen section lines.
This was auto-configured by the Xfree configuration program. Before I
try the change from 8 to 24 as the DefaultColorDepth, is this likely
to improve my resolution?
Should I change the first ``Depth 8'' default or will the driver accept
the DefaultColorDepth...?
thanks much!
gary
Encl:
Section "Screen"
Driver "Accel"
Device "Primary Card"
Monitor "Primary Monitor"
### DefaultColorDepth 8
DefaultColorDepth 24
BlankTime 0
SuspendTime 0
OffTime 0
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "640x40
0" "512x384" "480x300" "400x300" "320x240" "320x200"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "640x40
0" "512x384" "480x300" "400x300" "320x240" "320x200"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "640x40
0" "512x384" "480x300" "400x300" "320x240" "320x200"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "640x40
0" "512x384" "480x300" "400x300" "320x240" "320x200"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "640x40
0" "512x384" "480x300" "400x300" "320x240" "320x200"
EndSubSection
EndSection
[[ ... ]]
> >
> 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*
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