Ross Boylan said: > I am looking for a way to get hardware accelerated 3d performance out of > my video card. For reasons detailed below, this seems to come down to the > need to start X in a lower resolution and depth than I > customarily use. I am looking for a good way to do that, or the > encouraging news that some other approach is possible.
put the mode you wish to use on startup as the first mode. e.g. for my system I use 1600x1200 as my primary modeline, and my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 has: Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen 1" Device "Nvidia Geforce3" Monitor "Viewsonic PF790" DefaultDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1024x768" EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" EndSubsection EndSection you should be able to start multiple X servers by doing something like this on the command line startx -- :1 though, last time I tried I couldn't figure out a good way to specify a resolution to be used along with color depth on the command line if I wanted it in a different resolution, so my workaround was to rename my XF86Config-4 after I started my initial X server for the 2nd one to load, then rename it back(if needed). I've only tried this once or twice, wasn't real useful to me. Changing out of an X virtual terminal is sometimes dangerous(can cause video hardware to hang on some systems). nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]