On Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 11:51:01AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> > I'm not sure what's causing this but my X settings looks grainy on Gnome
> (using
> > Sawmill for wm). To be check if helix-gnome is supposed to look grainy I
> > booted to Win2K and went to helixcode's website. There I saw what helix
> > gnome
> > is really supposed to look and I like what I saw. So my question is:
>
> > How can I remove the grainyness out of my X install?
>
> > I have 2.2 and installed helix-gnome from spidermonkey .deb files and I
> > have a
> > 3D Rage Pro AGP 2X vidcard with 8MB ram and using 1024x768 res and 32 bpp.
>
> > My resolution is no problem it's only this grainy texture that bothers me.
>
>
> It sounds like you're not actually running at 32 bpp. If I remember correctly,
> there is a file in /proc that lists the X-server specs. It should have the bpp
> you're actually running (assuming X is running at the time).
Nope, only kernel space stuff can have entries in /proc. X, thank RMS,
runs in Userland.
Go for xdpyinfo for display info. You'll see the depth up near the top
of each Display section:
screen #0:
dimensions: 1280x1024 pixels (433x347 millimeters)
resolution: 75x75 dots per inch
depths (1): 16
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