On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, James wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, James Atkinson wrote:
>
> //Hi again.. I've got X installed and it works good...however I can't get it
> //to start in 16bit color-depth mode...however it works just fine in Win98. I
> //have tryed startx -16pp and I've run the X configuration several times... I
> //have a 1mb Trident 9440GUI PCI video card, and a TTX (not in X's monitor
> //list) 17'' monitor..
> //Any help would be great..thnx :)
>
> try
>
> startx -- -bpp 16
>
> [replace 16 with whatever colour depth you want, depends on the card and X
> server, 1Mb Cirrus 5428 cards can ONLY do 8 bits per pixel, your trident,
> being PCI (therefore newer) may do better) find out what the vertical and
> horizontal refresh rates are for your monitor and set those and X will work
> fine]
That is wrong...I have a Cirrus (CL-GD5428) 1mb and I can run at 24
(640x480 I believe), 16bpp (800x600), and 8bpp (1024x768). Though you
have to edit the XF86Config...uncomment '#Option "Linear"' and the MemBase
(gives a hexa...thinglike 0xFE0000 or something) and you can run at
16...read the README.cirrus.... oh yeah make chipset "clgd5428" (it isnt a
choice on any of the menu driven configs..you have to manually do all the
above.)
>
> Tip : to switch out of X without quitting, press CTRL-ALT-Fn (replace n with
> whatever console you want), to return press ALT-F7 (always F7)
>
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Dane Helm [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bremerton, WA
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