Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 17:00:46 -0400 From: Dutch Collins <dutch@charm.net> To: Will Andrews <andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netscape hoggin' up all my colors Message-ID: <37CD93FD.7A10ECF4@charm.net> References: <XFMail.990831191758.andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM>
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Will Andrews wrote: > > On 31-Aug-99 Gary Kline wrote: > > Do I need more than what I've got with my Matrox + 8MB or will > > (should) it serve? I'm guessing that most users aren't the kind > > of xterm-freak that I am and that they are happy at 1024x768. > > I'm a rxvt freak. ;> > > Your Matrox, with 8MB, should be easily able to handle my configuration. Just > try life on X11 with DefaultColorDepth set to 24 or 32. At a minimum you should > have 1024x768 or 1280x1024 for resolution. > > > I've just begun to get involved with the hardware-side details; > > you're notes have helped, so thanks much. If you know on any > > online references or that would help me focus in on these details, > > I'd be much obliged. > > A lot of people don't have their monitor and/or video card manuals (like I do > ;), so they usually run into problems trying to tune X11 as much as possible. > Checkout these sites for such info: > > http://www.monitorworld.com/ > http://www.tomshardware.com/ > > > Neat app, isn't it. Too bad not all the screensavers are separate. > > I don't mind - I can run most of them without too much lag. > > Take care, > > -- > Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> After checking with xfree86[.]org and doing some other checking I now know I am stuck with the colors problem because Diamond SpeedStar64/2000 video is sold with 1meg of ram on purpose. Need 2meg (fill the board up) in order to do anything. Don't mind in my case 'cause this 486/100 will not be my primary forever, and I'll get more ram anyway. Thanks for the monitor guys. I did guess and figger pretty close but the exact numbers are helpful, no. -d --- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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