Re: enable 16bit and 24bit
Accelerated X (I'm assuming the server that Phil mentions) does indeed support multiple depths (overlays) simultaneously. The 24bit depth is useful for things like netscape, while the 8 bit is useful for things like WABI, Executor, and Emress. (There is an overlay patch available on our FTP site that corrects a problem shown by WABI) Chip - Chip Atkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) Xi Graphics[EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) Denver, CO (303)298-7478 (work) On Thu, 26 Jun 1997, Philippe Troin wrote: On 26 Jun 1997 21:25:39 +0200 Emilio Lopes ([EMAIL PROTECTED] nchen.DE) wrote: BM Maybe the X people could work on better interaction between BM programs and the X server to add this later. From what I've heard, this is something non-trivial. Only SGIs have a X-server that can support different depths simultaneously. The accelX server is supposed to be able to do that. At least that's what they claim on their page. Phil. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: enable 16bit and 24bit
On 26 Jun 1997 21:25:39 +0200 Emilio Lopes ([EMAIL PROTECTED] nchen.DE) wrote: BM Maybe the X people could work on better interaction between BM programs and the X server to add this later. From what I've heard, this is something non-trivial. Only SGIs have a X-server that can support different depths simultaneously. The accelX server is supposed to be able to do that. At least that's what they claim on their page. Phil. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: enable 16bit and 24bit
BM == Brandon Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: BM On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, David Puryear wrote: [...] This way I can do Ctrl-Alt + or - to change depth. I have 1 meg on video card. [...] BM Maybe the X people could work on better interaction between BM programs and the X server to add this later. From what I've heard, this is something non-trivial. Only SGIs have a X-server that can support different depths simultaneously. -- Emilio C. Lopes mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
enable 16bit and 24bit
Hi all, Is it possible to enable different depth for different resolutions? What I would like to be able to do is: 8bit for 1024x768 and 320x240 16bit for 800x600 24bit for 640x480 This way I can do Ctrl-Alt + or - to change depth. I have 1 meg on video card. Thanks for any information on whether this is possible, and if so, how to change XF86Config file or another. Thanks, David -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: enable 16bit and 24bit
On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, David Puryear wrote: Hi all, Is it possible to enable different depth for different resolutions? What I would like to be able to do is: 8bit for 1024x768 and 320x240 16bit for 800x600 24bit for 640x480 This way I can do Ctrl-Alt + or - to change depth. I have 1 meg on video card. AFAIK, no. It probably has to deal with how screen info is stored on your video card. I'm pretty sure it also has to deal with telling your programs how many colors it has. When you change resolution, apps, window managers, etc, aren't effected, the screen just scrolls to handle the new resolution. The solution is to start your X session differently. I currently have an alias set up to do: xinit -- -bpp 16 :1 starting a 16 bit session on the second X screen thingy (sorry, forgot the technical term :-) Maybe the X people could work on better interaction between programs and the X server to add this later. HTH, Brandon - Brandon Mitchell E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7877/home.html We all know Linux is great...it does infinite loops in 5 seconds. --Linus Torvalds -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
