Re: enable 16bit and 24bit

1997-07-02 Thread Linux dist. research
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

Re: enable 16bit and 24bit

1997-06-28 Thread Philippe Troin
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

Re: enable 16bit and 24bit

1997-06-28 Thread Emilio Lopes
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

enable 16bit and 24bit

1997-06-25 Thread David Puryear
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

Re: enable 16bit and 24bit

1997-06-25 Thread Brandon Mitchell
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