Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 10:16:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Marty Poulin <mpoulin@honk.org> To: Heiko Recktenwald <uzs106@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Realaudio Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1000424101359.16883A-100000@spectre> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10004241037010.1042-100000@moritz.alleswirdgelber>
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Colour depth is usually more directly related to the memory on your video
card than what monitor you use. Perhaps you haven't set the correct
amount of video RAM in XF86Setup?
You can try probing for RAM, but that may lock up your system depending on
the video card.
- M -
On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, Heiko Recktenwald wrote:
> I asked:
>
> > Found the selfinstalling Realplayer 7 Beta for Linux, it installed more or
> > less fine, ended with "segmentation fault", core dump of the installer,
> > but the meccessary files were installed, looks like. I can open the
> > realplayer, it "kills" the soundcard, no audio until a reboot (is there
> > any easier way to reset a soundcard ?), netscape cant load the real plugin
> > ("Bad magic number")... Has anybody ever had similar problems ? Is 3.1 too
> > old ?
>
> Could it have something to do with the fact that I am incapable to set up
> my X to have more than 256 colors ? (I have no problems in Windoze with
> this monitor, but I dont know why, it seems not to work as it should in X,
> or I am to stupid to do the proper tests, with the different monitor types
> offered etc. My graphics card is a S3 which should be ok. I dont know the
> monitor type, it is some years old but has some electronics instead of
> potentiometers for screensize, brightness etc...)
>
> Heiko
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