Yes, /etc/X11/xorg.conf said DefaultDepth 16. Earlier, before the first boot, the same file on the SD card image said DefaultDepth 24. So, it appears that the edit has to happen after the first boot.
I changed DefaultDepth to 24 and got a nice-looking KDE desktop, but now the touchscreen calibration is off. I was unable to find a reference to commanding a run of touchscreen calibration. On Friday, June 10, 2016 at 7:58:47 PM UTC-7, RobertCNelson wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 8:14 PM, Vladimir Gusiatnikov > <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > [...] > > I just now followed Robert's instructions. I started with the 8.4 image > > downloaded from > > > https://debian.beagleboard.org/images/bone-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-05-13-4gb.img.xz > > > . I modified two lines in /boot/uEnv.txt as above. I didn't edit > > /etc/X11/xorg.conf because it said DefaultDepth 24 and contained no > > instances of 16. I made absolutely no changes to anything else on the > > distribution, only the two lines in /boot/uEnv.txt . I then booted off > the > > SD card. > > > > What I got was a half-screen-wide calibration screen, followed by a > > half-screen-wide desktop. That is, the image on the screen contained the > > entire Debian desktop, but was 240 px wide and 272 px tall, compressed > along > > the x axis. The orientation was normal and the cursor tracked correctly. > > That sounds like 16bit mode.. > > Which is default: > > > https://github.com/RobertCNelson/omap-image-builder/blob/master/target/chroot/beagleboard.org-jessie.sh#L121 > > > run: > > sudo sed -i -e 's:16:24:g' /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/43b01b15-31cf-43e3-a50d-5badc6444649%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
