Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 23:12:33 -0600 From: sound byte <sound-byte1@home.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: my x (server) Message-ID: <3A949FC1.E02CA5A8@home.com>
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i have read the complete freebsd and have tried to find some sort of answer for my problem. before i state it here; here is some background. i have freebsd (4.1) running on an IBM Aptiva (pentium iii 450), freebsd currently co-exists with windows 98 on two seperate hard disks. i have a 17 inch IBM monitor. According to the monitor manual, it can handle a max of 1280 x 1024 @ 60 Hz. the sync range is as follows: Horiz: 30kHz - 69kHz Vert: 50Hz - 120Hz according to superprobe my video card is the S3 Savage 4 with 8MB Ram. now in windows i have my screen resolution set at 1152 x 864 and the depth is at 16bits. i have configured my display in x at 1024 x 768 at 8bpp i have two problems: for some reason i cannot go above 8bpp. if i try to go to 16 (or 24) the monitor shuts down and just sits there. i have to kill the x-server and go back to 8bpp. whats the deal here? also, if i try to go above the 1024x768 resolution that then the screen starts to shimmer. i know thats a bad word to use but i can't describe it any other way - and i mean shiver in a bad way. what (again) is the deal here? at 1024 x 768 (8bpp); the colours just dont seem to come out naturally hence my dis-satisfaction. anything forthcoming would be welcome! thanks in advance imran To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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