On Tue, 01 Oct 2002 18:03:56 -0400 "Dan Espen" wrote: > Tim Freedom writes: > > > Here's the output of 'xdpyinfo' > > > > screen #0: > > depths (3): 1, 8, 24 > > depth of root window: 8 planes > ... > > I believe I have a raptor graphics card that is supposed to support > > alot more than 256 colors, anyone know how to alter this setting > > (or to verify that I'm capable of that) ? > > xdpyinfo says your card can do three depths, b/w, 8 bit pseudocolor, > and 24 bit truecolor. The default however is 8 bit. > > How you change this depends on your X server. > > On a Sun, there are a few different commands, depending on your > hardware, one of them is m64config, the man page may help. > > On Linux, look at your XF86Config file, it should be easy to spot > what needs changing, or use one of the GUIs supplied.
OK, after some digging I figured out that the video card on the Sun-Ultras here is set to 8+24 depth (that is 8 __and__ 24 bit) -- in other words its 24-bit enabled, but is capable of showing 8-bit only applications (in case those applications check, I guess). Here's the video command and the output, $ pgxconfig -prconf --- Hardware Configuration for /dev/fbs/gfxp0 --- Type: GFX8P Board: TSI Raptor GFX 8P PROM Information: 1.11 99/07/06 TSI DAC: TSI RAMDAC 0x31 RAM: 8MB EDID Data: 1024x768x85, 800x600x85, 640x480x85, 1152x864x85, 1600x1200x85, 1600x1200x75, 1800x1440x75, 640x480x60, 640x480x75, 800x600x60, 800x600x75, 1024x768x60, 1024x768x75, 1280x1024x75 Current resolution setting: 1280x1024x75 Possible depths: 8, 24, 8+24 Current depth: 8+24 and $ pgxconfig -propt --- OpenWindows Configuration for /dev/fbs/gfxp0 --- OWconfig: system Video Mode: none Depth: 24 OK, does 24-bit really work, well I did the following, xv -24 -best -perfect -cmap -cgeom -0-0 kittens.jpg And in the "XV Controls" window it notes using "24-bit mode. Using TrueColor visual" meaning the solaris Xserver (Xsun) is capable of 24-bit. So I asked a sys-admin friend and he noted that "xdpyinfo is probably unable to understand 8+24 mode and is simply returning the first result it sees when multiple options are available." So I'm not sure how fvwm determines what the X-server is capable of, but its figuring them to be 8-bit on this machine when they really need to be 24-bit (is it grabbing xdpyinfo's output ?). Anything I can do to make fvwm resolve to 24-bit short of restarting the server with that depth setting explicitly (meaning I'd have to call the powers that be to change the configuration on this machine - after a million+1 questions) ? What do other window managers (like CDE) do to resolve this ? Thanks .tf. (please CC replies) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
