Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 00:07:20 -0500 From: "Mark A. Hummel" <mhumm@ispchannel.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: FSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Pixel depths (was: Pls Help with a Netscape Challenge!) Message-ID: <39FBB088.7FF7A512@ispchannel.com> References: <39FB0DD9.634D2A34@ispchannel.com> <20001029152100.K68266@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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Greg, Thanks for the response. To clarify, I never meant to imply that Netscape nor KDE "control" color depth. I setup my system so KDE runs in 16 bit depth at 1024 X 768 resolution. However, since I sent this request for assistance, I've discovered (using xwininfo) that, in fact, KDE is only in 8 bit depth. This changes the question. I've checked XF86Config, but there are so many different video modes in that file, I don't feel confident changing anything until I know my hardware capabilities. I thought my video card (Diamond 3D 2000, S3 Virge) had 1MB of VRAM. Is there a program like xwininfo or xdpyinfo that I can run in a terminal which will verify the amount of VRAM on my video card? I know that with 256K, 8 bit color is the maximum I can get which may be the problem. Just out of curiosity Greg, what kind of video card are you using? That's a very impressive set of numbers. Mark Greg Lehey wrote: > > On Saturday, 28 October 2000 at 12:33:13 -0500, Mark Hummel wrote: > > I'm running FBSD 4.1.1R and Netscape 4.7 (USA). KDE boots in 16 bit > > color, but Netscape runs in 8 bit. How can I increase the color depth > > of Netscape? Are there settings somewhere or perhaps a script (pls > > include if there is) I can insert somewhere? > > I think you're confused. KDE and Netscape aren't responsible for > pixel depth, X is, and as far as I know most installations have only > one depth. What does xdpyinfo say? You should see something like: > > screen #0: > dimensions: 1920x1440 pixels (403x302 millimeters) > resolution: 121x121 dots per inch > depths (1): 24 > > Greg > -- > When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. > If you don't, I may ignore the reply. > For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html > Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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