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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
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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

	
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> > 
> 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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