From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 18 22:33:38 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from po4.wam.umd.edu (po4.wam.umd.edu [128.8.10.166]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5242B37B479 for ; Sat, 18 Nov 2000 22:33:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from rac4.wam.umd.edu (IDENT:root@rac4.wam.umd.edu [128.8.10.144]) by po4.wam.umd.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id BAA29002; Sun, 19 Nov 2000 01:33:28 -0500 (EST) Received: from rac4.wam.umd.edu (IDENT:sendmail@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rac4.wam.umd.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id BAA03010; Sun, 19 Nov 2000 01:33:28 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (culverk@localhost) by rac4.wam.umd.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id BAA03006; Sun, 19 Nov 2000 01:33:28 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: rac4.wam.umd.edu: culverk owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 01:33:28 -0500 (EST) From: Kenneth Wayne Culver To: Mark Hummel Cc: FSD Subject: Re: Can't Run KDE in 16 bit Color Mode In-Reply-To: <3A172EEF.23304DA2@ispchannel.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG You probably aren't starting your X server with 16-bit support. Just start it with the flag -bpp 16 That should work. ================================================================= | Kenneth Culver | FreeBSD: The best NT upgrade | | Unix Systems Administrator | ICQ #: 24767726 | | and student at The | AIM: muythaibxr | | The University of Maryland, | Website: (Under Construction) | | College Park. | http://www.wam.umd.edu/~culverk/| ================================================================= On Sat, 18 Nov 2000, 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. > > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message