as i pointed out in my earlier mail, the card itself may support 24bit by some obscure instructions, thru the doze driver, but may not have defined a VESA compatible mode for it. The accelerated server, uses the device dependant obscure code, to put the card into the mode (24-bit in u're case). Nikhil. --- Sthitaprajna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 28 Mar 00, at 18:53, Rohit wrote: > > > You are providing the right arguments, right? like > vga=xyz. Absolutely > > sure of that? > > I think so, they work fine for other depths at 8,16, > 32 bpp. > Somebody pointed out that the card archie might not > support > 24bpp(it's from Creative), but why this problem only > in > Framebuffer?? I get 24 bit color in the accelerated > mode....... > > > **************************************** > Sthitaprajna > @mailandnews.com > **************************************** > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > LIH is all for free speech. But it was created for > a purpose - to help > people discuss issues about installing and running > Linux. If your > messages are counterproductive to this purpose, your > privileges to > submit messages can and will be revoked. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- LIH is all for free speech. But it was created for a purpose - to help people discuss issues about installing and running Linux. If your messages are counterproductive to this purpose, your privileges to submit messages can and will be revoked.