Re: X setup, continued.
On Mon, 14 May 2001, Ilya Martynov wrote: A Is there some similar way to change the color depth (with A some keyboard shortcuts), or the only way is to kill the A server an then restart it in the desired color depth? AFAIK it is not possible to chanage color depth. At least with keyboard shortcuts. There is (I think) a way to do this - try something like ctl-+ or alt-+. One of those worked for me, although it's easier to specify what display setting you want in your config file. Good luck, Steve
X setup, continued.
Thankyou kindly Cameron. Indeed XF86-SVGA was not intalled. So far so good. Two more problems have arisen since that I cannot seem to get a handle on. 1. I actually have a desktop diplayed now. Unfortunately unless I manually set the resolution to 640x480, by editing XF86config, only the top left corner of the desktop is displayed. from XF86config Section Screen Driver svga Device NVIDIA Riva TNT2 (generic) Monitor Acer77c DefaultColorDepth 32 Subsection Display Depth 16 Modes 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 ViewPort 0 0 Emd Subsection Subsection Display Depth 24 Modes 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 ViewPort 0 0 End Subsection Subsection Display Depth 32 Modes 640x480 End Subsection End Subsection - note I have manually deleted references to resolutions 640x480 for 32 bit color depth, as mentioned above. 2. The mouse does not work. M$ Intellimouse with wheel from XF86config Section Pointer Protocol PS/2 Device dev/mouse - have created a symbolic link to psaux The monitor is capable of 1280x1024 @ 75Hz 32bit, and the card 1152x864 @ 150 Hz 32bit, (higher in fact). Both these specs quoted from their respective manuals. By the way the monitor and card on my Redhat box have similar specs and I have no problems there, running Xfree86 4.0.1 though. I am deadset keen to have this work, and am actually enjoying the challenge. Regards David Underwood.
Re: X setup, continued.
1. I actually have a desktop diplayed now. Unfortunately unless I manually set the resolution to 640x480, by editing XF86config, only the top left corner of the desktop is displayed. from XF86config Section Screen Driver svga Device NVIDIA Riva TNT2 (generic) Monitor Acer77c DefaultColorDepth 32 Subsection Display Depth 16 Modes 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 ViewPort 0 0 Emd Subsection Subsection Display Depth 24 Modes 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 ViewPort 0 0 End Subsection Subsection Display Depth 32 Modes 640x480 End Subsection End Subsection - note I have manually deleted references to resolutions 640x480 for 32 bit color depth, as mentioned above. XF86 selects the first mode listed as its default mode - in this case 640x480. It then will have a virtual screen (of 1280x1024), but only show you the top left hand corner like this: || | || | | 640x480 | | || | || | -- | | | | | |1280x1024 | | | | | If you don't want that, just reverse the order of the modes in your config file, ie: Modes 1280x1024 1024x768 800x600 640x480 You can also switch between resolutions using Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Plus and Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Minus. HTH Craig -- Craig Holyoak [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.uq.net.au/craigh/
Re: X setup, continued.
You can also switch between resolutions using Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Plus and Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Minus. Is there some similar way to change the color depth (with some keyboard shortcuts), or the only way is to kill the server an then restart it in the desired color depth? And another question, is the color depth related somehow to the monitor/videocard frequencies? I am asking this because in 8 bit color my monitor can produce 800x600 and 100Hz but in 16 bit color with the same resolution it can produce only some 86Hz. -- AtiZ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X setup, continued.
A Is there some similar way to change the color depth (with A some keyboard shortcuts), or the only way is to kill the A server an then restart it in the desired color depth? AFAIK it is not possible to chanage color depth. At least with keyboard shortcuts. A And another question, is the color depth related somehow to A the monitor/videocard frequencies? I am asking this because A in 8 bit color my monitor can produce 800x600 and 100Hz but A in 16 bit color with the same resolution it can produce only A some 86Hz. Yes. Color depth affects maximum frequency. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- | Ilya Martynov (http://martynov.org/)| | GnuPG 1024D/323BDEE6 D7F7 561E 4C1D 8A15 8E80 E4AE BE1A 53EB 323B DEE6 | | AGAVA Software Company (http://www.agava.com/) | -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
