On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 12:03:34PM -0500, Chris Shenton wrote:
> Gary Kline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Another couple things. With XFree, I set the DefaultDepth'
> > to 8; now, on both computers it is maxed out at 16. If I
> > do set the default depth to 8, xdm fails. (It "tries" to'
> > initialize, then something clicks/resets, the screen
> > flashes grey for an instant; repeats infinitely.)
>
> I'm on 5.4-PRERELEASE#15 built last evening, running Xorg-6.8.1, and
> noticed the same click-crash-burn-repeat when I dropped from 24 or 16
> to 8 bits. No idea why, I was trying to be conservative to test
> something else. Was fine when I set it back to 16 or 24.
AHHH. Samw symptons, different day. I first used
startx to get my ye-ancient twm window manager, and
startx works at 8 bits. But the screen still shimmies/quivers
or whatever. But only if I use cc to build a large port
or if I mess around with some GUI app.
gary
PS: If XFree is to "staid" or slow-to-change, xorg is
tearing exactly the other way. My $0.02 worth.
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Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public service Unix
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