Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 21:38:30 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> To: Mark Hummel <mhumm@ispchannel.com> Cc: FSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: (Kent) Can't Run KDE in 16 bit Color Mode Message-ID: <3A176756.97BFB7FB@urx.com> References: <3A172EEF.23304DA2@ispchannel.com> <3A17392B.35A586A6@urx.com> <3A175F29.EEE3EA96@ispchannel.com>
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Mark Hummel wrote: > > Kent, > > Thanks for the quick response. When I boot Windoze 98, I have 16 bit high color at 1024 x 768. If my > video card can do it with Windoze, why can't it do it with FBSD? You have that wrong. Why can't XFree86 do it? It is a 3rd party port and not part of the system. We have a tendancy to forget that once in a while. I have a board with either 8MB or 16MB and I'm not sure it is doing 24bpp. When I boot Win 2000 and use Adobe's Photoshop 5.5, images look really good. I don't have anything similar that I am using on FreeBSD but one image looked about like 256 colors and not 16M. I brought up XF86Setup and told it to do 24bpp but I never went back to look at the image. I tried to find it but even locate didn't list it. That means it is on the other machine and that one is midway through a 9hour job and some web stuff that I am in the middle of. There are a number of topics that KDE-2 seem to be dealing shy of a full deck. Whether this is a KDE problem or XFree86 3.3.6, I can't tell. Kent > > Mark > > Kent Stewart wrote: > > > Mark Hummel wrote: > > > > > > I just finished a reinstall of FBSD 4.1.1R. I setup XF86Config to > > > recognize the standard 2 MB of VRAM on my video card (Diamond Stealth 3D > > > 2000). Even though I boot Windoze 98 SE at 1024 x 768 in 16 bit color, > > > KDE still comes up with only 8 bit (256 colors). I don't understand > > > why. > > > > Well, my 3d-3000 box states that you need 4MB to do 16M (24bpp) color. > > You can do up to 65K colors with 2MB. > > > > Kent > > > > > > > > Has anyone else had a similar challenge? Please respond to my personal > > > email address. > > > > > > Mark > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > System Details: > > > > > > i386 architecture > > > AMD K-6 CPU @ 200Mhz > > > 64 MB RAM > > > PS/2 Mouse > > > 2800MB hard drive for FBSD > > > IDE bus > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > -- > > Kent Stewart > > Richland, WA > > > > mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com > > http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html > > FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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