Quoth Joel Hammer: > I just got a new 19 inch monitor (ViewSonic). > > My video card only has 32 megs of ram, and, so I cannot get 24 bit depth > to work properly at higher resolutions.
Bah. With 32MB RAM, you can run 24-bit color depth at stunningly high resolutions. > Could someone offer some video card recommendations that could > be installed without much hassle on my machine with the following > specifications? Price is no object. Convenience is, however. I've had good success with Matrox cards here and Matrox plays pretty nicely with the open source community. > I have an 800mh Athlon machine with 780 megs of ram. > > This is what X -version reports > > XFree86 Version 4.0.1 / X Window System > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6400) > Release Date: 1 July 2000 > Operating System: Linux 2.2.14 i686 [ELF] This is the version of Linux on which XFree86 was compiled, not the version on which it is running. Here's what I get: [kwall]$ X -version This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any way. Bugs may be reported to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and patches submitted to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions, please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS repository (http://www.XFree86.Org/cvs). XFree86 Version 4.3.99.6 Release Date: 18 June 2003 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6 Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.21-krw i686 [ELF] Build Date: 24 June 2003 Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/ to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present I think your issue is that the version of XFree86 is *way* too old. > That last line is somewhat puzzling because uname -a reports: > 2.4.5-win4lin #3 Wed Jul 4 16:01:48 EDT 2001 i686 unknown Kurt -- Cynic, n.: One who looks through rose-colored glasses with a jaundiced eye. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
