---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Re: [newbie] X hangs with bpp=24 Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 11:54:02 +0000 From: Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wednesday 16 January 2002 16:41, you wrote: > Hi, > > I have had a real pleasant experience with ML 8.1, but I am having a > problem setup up the X on color depth of 24. The machine is a dell insprion > 4000 (PIII, 1Ghz), video card is ATI 128 mobility with 8MB ram. When I > enforce X to start with 24 bpp by (startx -- -depth 24), it locked the > machine (C-A-BS etc didn't work) with a white screen (gradually). I tried > various setups in /etc/XF86Config, but didn't get it to work. Wonder if > someone knows the problem and the fix. (16bpp works fine). > > Jixian (perhaps I should clarify) (if I may ask a) Silly question, are you running anything that really demands the higher color depth, and are you sure that your board supports it? (I meant no offense to anyone) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Registered Linux user #225209 -------------------------------------------------------
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