Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 23:13:33 +0200 From: Mark Rowlands <mark.rowlands@minmail.net> To: "ScaryG" <freymann@scaryg.shacknet.nu> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Escaping 256 colours/8ppp in Xwindows 4.1 Message-ID: <20011005211322.5F95037B403@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <NEBBIBBMOLOKIBAOAKCFCEMGCIAA.freymann@scaryg.shacknet.nu> References: <NEBBIBBMOLOKIBAOAKCFCEMGCIAA.freymann@scaryg.shacknet.nu>
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On Friday 05 October 2001 3:22 am, you wrote: > I guess I don't comprehend the Config file, but for the life of me, I can't > get Xwindows to get out of this crappy 256 colour mode. > > Here is my XF86Config file... I don't understand how the "ServerLayout" > section line about Screen matches the various depths later in the Screen0 > section? > > Any suggestions on what to change?? > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "XFree86 Configured" > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > EndSection > > Section "Files" > RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" > ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" > EndSection > > Section "Module" > Load "extmod" > Load "xie" > Load "pex5" > Load "glx" > Load "dri" > Load "dbe" > Load "record" > Load "v41" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "keyboard" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "auto" > Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "Monitor Vendor" > ModelName "Monitor Model" > HorizSync 31.5-48.5 > VertRefresh 40-120 > EndSection > > Section "Device" > ### Available Driver options are:- > ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False", > ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz" > ### [arg]: arg optional > #Option "accel" # [<bool>] > #Option "crt_screen" # [<bool>] > #Option "composite_sync" # [<bool>] > #Option "hw_cursor" # [<bool>] > #Option "linear" # [<bool>] > #Option "mmio_cache" # [<bool>] > #Option "probe_clocks" # [<bool>] > #Option "reference_clock" # <freq> > #Option "shadow_fb" # [<bool>] > #Option "sw_cursor" # [<bool>] > Identifier "Card0" > Driver "ati" > #Driver "ati.2" > VendorName "ATI" > #BoardName "Mach64 GI" > BoardName "ATI graphics card" > ChipSet "ati" > ChipId 0x4749 > ChipRev 0x5c > BusID "PCI:0:12:0" > #VideoRam 8192 # 8Mb of video RAM on card, NTSC/PAL-M tuner. > VideoRam 7592 # 8Mb - 600kb for buffers. -Uncomment this line > > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Card0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > SubSection "Display" > Depth 1 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 4 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 8 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 15 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 16 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > EndSubSection > EndSection > have you tried startx -depth 24 ?.......also try mentioning what you actually have as a video card, which version of X, of freebsd -- Spelling is a lossed art. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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