Tim Freedom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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).
Gee, pretty neat video card. I don't have any experience with it. >From the fvwm man page, it looks like you might be able to use either the -visual or -visualId argument to force fvwm to use a specific visual. -- Dan Espen E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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]
