Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 10:11:41 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Chris Shenton <chris@Shenton.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: any ideas why these xorg hassles??? Message-ID: <20050304181141.GC49620@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <86zmxj5ont.fsf@Thanatos.shenton.org> References: <20050304085526.GA88144@thought.org> <86zmxj5ont.fsf@Thanatos.shenton.org>
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On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 12:03:34PM -0500, Chris Shenton wrote: > Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> writes: > > > Another couple things. With XFree, I set the DefaultDepth' > > to 8; now, on both computers it is maxed out at 16. If I > > do set the default depth to 8, xdm fails. (It "tries" to' > > initialize, then something clicks/resets, the screen > > flashes grey for an instant; repeats infinitely.) > > I'm on 5.4-PRERELEASE#15 built last evening, running Xorg-6.8.1, and > noticed the same click-crash-burn-repeat when I dropped from 24 or 16 > to 8 bits. No idea why, I was trying to be conservative to test > something else. Was fine when I set it back to 16 or 24. AHHH. Samw symptons, different day. I first used startx to get my ye-ancient twm window manager, and startx works at 8 bits. But the screen still shimmies/quivers or whatever. But only if I use cc to build a large port or if I mess around with some GUI app. gary PS: If XFree is to "staid" or slow-to-change, xorg is tearing exactly the other way. My $0.02 worth. -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix
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