Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:54:52 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: two questions Message-ID: <20070912205452.GF13062@demeter.hydra> In-Reply-To: <bef9a7920709130034t523732f5x7a548ddd51cb6ca9@mail.gmail.com> References: <bef9a7920709130009x25f0699bg31acba07d111333c@mail.gmail.com> <20070913072812.GE1179@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <bef9a7920709130034t523732f5x7a548ddd51cb6ca9@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 07:34:00AM +0000, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > On 9/13/07, Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> wrote: > > > > xdpyinfo > > Thanks says 1680x1050 which is what I expected (says it supports 32 bit > depth but when I try that instead of 24 X fails to init the screen so any > ideas would be nice here) That's because 24 bit color depth in X is the same as 32 bit color depth in MS Windows. The additional eight bits of color depth reported for MS Windows is actually not part of color depth, but rather "padding" or an alpha channel. In other words, you're getting the same thing with 24 bit color that you'd expect from 32 bit color on MS Windows, and vice versa. . . . so whenever you see someone refer to 32 bit color, just mentally translate that to 24 bit color depth and go with it. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Patrick J. LoPresti: "Emacs has been replaced by a shell script which 1) Generates a syslog message at level LOG_EMERG; 2) reduces the user's disk quota by 100K; and 3) RUNS ED!!!!!!"
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