Hi. I have a little confusion with XFree86Config. What is the difference between bpp and color depth?
With the DefaultColorDepth set to 24 my screen rate was 115 hz, but at 32 it is just 85 (max 86). What does choosing 32 or 24 signify? Isn't 24 bits as much as there actually is? At 85 hz I can almost (but not quite) get the screen to fit to the edges of my monitor. Using 85 hz in Win2k/NT/98 booting on the same machine works fine. In XFree86 3.3.x Potato there is a half inch of black left at the bottom edge I can't get rid of. Why can't I get the screen to fit using xvidtune? Thanks! Relevant sections of XFree86Config below. Cheers, Robin Section "Monitor" Identifier "Primary Monitor" VendorName "ViewSonic" ModelName "E790" HorizSync 30-95 VertRefresh 50-200 # DefaultColorDepth 24: # Modeline "1024x768" 115.50 1024 1104 1296 1440 768 771 781 802 -hsync -vsync # Modeline "1024x768" 115.50 1024 1088 1280 1300 768 768 806 814 -hsync -vsync # DefaultColorDepth 32: # Modeline "1024x768" 85.00 1024 1104 1296 1440 768 771 781 802 -hsync -vsync Modeline "1024x768" 85.00 1024 1100 1292 1328 768 771 781 794 -hsync -vsync EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Primary Card" VendorName "Unknown" BoardName "Hercules Terminator 128 2X/i AGP" VideoRam 8192 #Option "no_accel" #Option "sw_cursor" #Option "hw_cursor" #Option "sgram" #Option "sdram" EndSection Section "Screen" Driver "SVGA" Device "Primary Card" Monitor "Primary Monitor" DefaultColorDepth 32 SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 32 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection EndSection