Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 05:57:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Will Andrews <andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Doug <Doug@gorean.org>, Dutch Collins <dutch@charm.net> Subject: Re: Netscape hoggin' up all my colors Message-ID: <XFMail.990831055704.andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9908302214440.6392-100000@fw.wintelcom.net>
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On 30-Aug-99 Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> I'm _pretty_ sure you guys are stuck in "8bit pseudo color" mode
> where there can only be 256 colors on the screen at one time,
> both of you should re-check that you are indeed at 16 bit color mode.
Yes, both of you _should_. Here's what you are probably missing from
/etc/XF86Config:
# The Colour SVGA server
Section "Screen"
Driver "svga"
# Use Device "Generic VGA" for Standard VGA 320x200x256
#Device "Generic VGA"
Device "dvv550"
Monitor "mag21"
DefaultColorDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display
Depth 8
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
The key line is "DefaultColorDepth", which in my case is set to 24. This value
should be one of 8, 16, 24, or 32. By default, it is 8. Note also my Modes
settings, which has the highest resolutions tried, then lower ones. In 24bpp, I
easily get 1280x1024.
> You may want to try the graphical version of XFree86's setup, I've
> found it to be much easier to manage.
I thought xf86config (the script, not the file) was better.. XF86Setup never
seems to work properly.
--
Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com>
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