Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 13:00:44 -0500 From: devin-freebsdquestions@rintrah.org To: Paul ' <smak_420@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: colour depth in x- svga Message-ID: <20011217130044.A73962@tharmas.rintrah.org> In-Reply-To: <OE62GapnGfuJhayy48h00003aba@hotmail.com>; from smak_420@hotmail.com on Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 11:59:45AM -0500 References: <OE62GapnGfuJhayy48h00003aba@hotmail.com>
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On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 11:59:45AM -0500, Paul ' wrote: > I have been trying to attain a colour depth greater than 8bit in X but to no > avail.. > > ctrl-alt-+ only toggles between 8bit 640x480 and 800x600 for me.. > > i tried hacking my XF86Config file so there is no 8 bit referance at all, > but when i run startx it claims 8bit is the default and cannot find it. > > i have a matrox mystique with 2 megs ram, tried both option 410 and 430 from > the vid card database thingy, neither really give me any great res/colour > options to choose from. > > any ideas? i was just thinking about maybe trying the graphical setup, not > at home right now to try that though. > Are you running Xfree86 3 or 4? From what I remember, XFree 4 uses a different config file than 3. I think it's "XF86Config-4." --devin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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