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From: Mark Rowlands <mark.rowlands@minmail.net>
To: "ScaryG" <freymann@scaryg.shacknet.nu>
Subject: Re: Escaping 256 colours/8ppp in Xwindows 4.1
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 23:13:33 +0200
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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
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