On Thu, 18 Feb 1999 17:15:47 -0500, you wrote:

>using mandrake 5.2 with susconfig and renditon rpm from xservers from mandrake cd 
>
>I have a diamond stealth s220 and it says its capable of running in 16 and 24 bpp
>but it always shows in 8 bpp
>i tried running startx --bpp 16 but that didnt work either 

The command is      startx -- -bpp 16  
            (dont forget the ----^^)
                  (two dashes followed by  -bpp 16

   two dashes followed by one dash and bpp 16


>
>also when i try to dial it always says my modem is busy it set on the correct com 
>(cua2) 
>I am pretty sure that its not a winmodem 

cua2 is com3.  If your modem is on com3 than its correct.  However I
suspect your modem is on com2 which would be cua1.  Understandable
mistake and one many newbies can make.

>
>If you can help please respond thanks

Hope I have been of some help.

             Dennis

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