[newbie] Color Depth/Resolution (?) problems M7
Hello, I'm having only one general problem (thank goodness) with Mandrake 7 so far, but it's a rather annoying one. Basically, when I went through the Configuring X step, I couldn't get a configuration that was pleasant to look at and worked. When I selected my monitor (CTX 1562GM, according to the information on the back of the monitor, generic according to Windows) and the generic Intel card (the nearest configuration I could find to the "Intel 810 chipset", which probably means I've got a cheapie video card) with 256 colors or above, the screen appeared greatly magnified, and the only way I could get anything resembling a decent screen was by using a generic VGA card. Unfortunately, it also limits me to 16 colors, leaving things dull and/or ugly (not to mention I'm tired of Netscape complaining about my 4-bit depth every time it's accidentally activated). I do know it should be possible to get to 256 colors, since linux reports I have 1 mb of video memory. A secondary problem I'm having is that windows frequently have their sides or bottoms off the screen, making them very hard to resize. I do not know if this is related to the above problem. If someone could point me to a resource I've obviously missed, I'd be very grateful. Thank you, Selma
Re: [newbie] color depth
Kirk McElhearn wrote: > > How can I change the color depth of my monitor under KDE? > > Kirk > I don't believe that you can change color depth on the fly, you have to restart X with the new color depth. you can place multiple color depths in your /etc/XF86Config file so you can startx with an argument like "-- -bpp 16" to override the default. If you're one of those people who boot directly into X it may be more difficult ~Jeremy
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Kirk McElhearn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How can I change the color depth of my monitor under KDE? > > Kirk == You can use XF86Setup to select color depth, or you might be able to choose a depth at boot up time: startx- --bpp16 (or 24, or 32, or whatever) Mike "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." -Benjamin Frankilin Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] color depth
Kirk, if you are using mdk 7 try running DrakConf. Just about everything you need is under there. Wayne ** ** Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Humanities and Social Sciences Bond University Gold Coast ** **
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On Sat, 25 Mar 2000, Kirk McElhearn wrote: > On 25/03/00 21:57, Claus Atzenbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] is > reported to have said: > > >> How can I change the color depth of my monitor under KDE? > > > >I would use DrakConf. But it is not a KDE program. ;-) > > There is an icon for this on the desktop, but when I click on it nothing > happens... Try typing it in xterm. You also need to be root. Pay attention, Linux' file names are case sensitive. ;-) Claus. -- Atzenbeck. Data structures & design http://www.atzenbeck.de A plethora of individuals with expertise in culinary techniques contaminate the potable concoction produced by steeping certain edible nutriments.
Re: [newbie] color depth
On 25/03/00 21:57, Claus Atzenbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] is reported to have said: >> How can I change the color depth of my monitor under KDE? > >I would use DrakConf. But it is not a KDE program. ;-) There is an icon for this on the desktop, but when I click on it nothing happens... Kirk vice | versa Translations from French to English, English to French Traductions francais-anglais, anglais-francais [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.mcelhearn.com Kirk McElhearn | Chemin de la Lauze | 05600 Guillestre | France
Re: [newbie] color depth
On Sat, 25 Mar 2000, Kirk McElhearn wrote: > How can I change the color depth of my monitor under KDE? I would use DrakConf. But it is not a KDE program. ;-) Claus. -- Atzenbeck. Data structures & design http://www.atzenbeck.de QOTD: The only easy way to tell a hamster from a gerbil is that the gerbil has more dark meat.
[newbie] color depth
How can I change the color depth of my monitor under KDE? Kirk vice | versa Translations from French to English, English to French Traductions francais-anglais, anglais-francais [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.mcelhearn.com Kirk McElhearn | Chemin de la Lauze | 05600 Guillestre | France
Re: [newbie] Color Depth for ATI cards
Robert wrote: >Lionel Siau wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm getting the same screwy thing with my ATI Xpert@Work. If I (using >> Xconfigurator) don't have an entry for 8 bit color mode, startx fails completely >> although 16 and 24 bit modes are enabled(w low res). This has led me to suspect >> that the XServer/KDE is kaput. My previous RHL 5.1 worked fine. Since I just >> installed it yesterday, I will be fooling around with it...so pointers >> appreciated. >--snip-- >Take a look at the update directory at Mandrake. The updated >Xconfigurator sees my ATI AIW and gives me 32bbp by default. Until I >upgraded the software I also had some ATI/ Mandrake video problems. I have an ATI Xpert@Work Card as well ( Ihave it upgraded to 8 meg). The only problems that i have had with it are when Xconfigurator tries to probe it, it doesn't see the amount of memory and the clockchip setting doesn't work. I havn't found this to be a big problem though because i just set it manually. I have also configured it to run at 1024x768 with 24bit only. I havn't had to upgrade anything either so... André
Re: [newbie] Color Depth for ATI cards
Lionel Siau wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm getting the same screwy thing with my ATI Xpert@Work. If I (using > Xconfigurator) don't have an entry for 8 bit color mode, startx fails completely > although 16 and 24 bit modes are enabled(w low res). This has led me to suspect > that the XServer/KDE is kaput. My previous RHL 5.1 worked fine. Since I just > installed it yesterday, I will be fooling around with it...so pointers > appreciated. --snip-- Take a look at the update directory at Mandrake. The updated Xconfigurator sees my ATI AIW and gives me 32bbp by default. Until I upgraded the software I also had some ATI/ Mandrake video problems. -- Robert Sheskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 5788323
Re: [newbie] Color Depth for ATI cards
Hi, I'm getting the same screwy thing with my ATI Xpert@Work. If I (using Xconfigurator) don't have an entry for 8 bit color mode, startx fails completely although 16 and 24 bit modes are enabled(w low res). This has led me to suspect that the XServer/KDE is kaput. My previous RHL 5.1 worked fine. Since I just installed it yesterday, I will be fooling around with it...so pointers appreciated. Lionel > Jacob Woodruff wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > > > I think that my X-windows is starting up in 8bit colors. Is there > > anyway to tell what colordepth and resolution is currently being used? I > > Open a terminal window and type 'xdpyinfo' and look for the "depth(s)" > line. > > > want to at least have 16bit colors but am unsure why it won't give me this. > > I have tryed changing the resolutions by ctrl alt + and by startx -bpp 16, > > but I don't think it changes anything. > > Resolution and color depth are two separate things, so ctrl-alt-+/- > won't help in this case. > > The startx line will do the trick, but it's a little screwed up. Try > 'startx -- -bpp 16'. > The '--' tells startx that the flags following it are meant for the X > server, not the startx script. > > > Here are the specs on my monitor and video card and video server that I am > > using: > > > > Monitor: > > Packard bell 3020 > > 17 in SVGA Monitor > > Sync: H/V separate(TTL); H/V Composition(TTL); Sync-on Green > > Horiz Scan:30-69 > > Vert. Scan:50-160 > > Resolutions and Refresh rates supported: > > 1280 x 1024 at 60Hz; 1024 x 768 at 75Hz; 800 x 600 at 75Hz > > 640x 480 at 75Hz > > > > Video Card: > > ATI Xpert98 with the Mach64 chipset and 8MB mem. > > > > Video server: > > Mach64 > > No clockchip selected. > > > > Does anyone know if this monitor-card combination has supported color depth > > above 8bit, and how I might be able to achieve this (ie what settings to put > > for my monitor and card). It said in the definition of the card that there > > was up to 32 bit ability. > > Yup, it'll do 32 bit without a problem. I used to own one of those > cards prior to moving to a new motherboard and an AGP slot with a Matrox > G200 card. Those Mach64 cards work pretty well, really. > > -- > Steve Philp > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Color Depth
Jacob Woodruff wrote: > > Hello all, > > I think that my X-windows is starting up in 8bit colors. Is there > anyway to tell what colordepth and resolution is currently being used? I Open a terminal window and type 'xdpyinfo' and look for the "depth(s)" line. > want to at least have 16bit colors but am unsure why it won't give me this. > I have tryed changing the resolutions by ctrl alt + and by startx -bpp 16, > but I don't think it changes anything. Resolution and color depth are two separate things, so ctrl-alt-+/- won't help in this case. The startx line will do the trick, but it's a little screwed up. Try 'startx -- -bpp 16'. The '--' tells startx that the flags following it are meant for the X server, not the startx script. > Here are the specs on my monitor and video card and video server that I am > using: > > Monitor: > Packard bell 3020 > 17 in SVGA Monitor > Sync: H/V separate(TTL); H/V Composition(TTL); Sync-on Green > Horiz Scan:30-69 > Vert. Scan:50-160 > Resolutions and Refresh rates supported: > 1280 x 1024 at 60Hz; 1024 x 768 at 75Hz; 800 x 600 at 75Hz > 640x 480 at 75Hz > > Video Card: > ATI Xpert98 with the Mach64 chipset and 8MB mem. > > Video server: > Mach64 > No clockchip selected. > > Does anyone know if this monitor-card combination has supported color depth > above 8bit, and how I might be able to achieve this (ie what settings to put > for my monitor and card). It said in the definition of the card that there > was up to 32 bit ability. Yup, it'll do 32 bit without a problem. I used to own one of those cards prior to moving to a new motherboard and an AGP slot with a Matrox G200 card. Those Mach64 cards work pretty well, really. -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Color Depth
Hello all, I think that my X-windows is starting up in 8bit colors. Is there anyway to tell what colordepth and resolution is currently being used? I want to at least have 16bit colors but am unsure why it won't give me this. I have tryed changing the resolutions by ctrl alt + and by startx -bpp 16, but I don't think it changes anything. Here are the specs on my monitor and video card and video server that I am using: Monitor: Packard bell 3020 17 in SVGA Monitor Sync: H/V separate(TTL); H/V Composition(TTL); Sync-on Green Horiz Scan:30-69 Vert. Scan:50-160 Resolutions and Refresh rates supported: 1280 x 1024 at 60Hz; 1024 x 768 at 75Hz; 800 x 600 at 75Hz 640x 480 at 75Hz Video Card: ATI Xpert98 with the Mach64 chipset and 8MB mem. Video server: Mach64 No clockchip selected. Does anyone know if this monitor-card combination has supported color depth above 8bit, and how I might be able to achieve this (ie what settings to put for my monitor and card). It said in the definition of the card that there was up to 32 bit ability. Thank you, Jacob
Re: [newbie] Color Depth Problems
Fabio Coatti wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 09, 1999 at 10:47:12PM -0600, Matt Stegman wrote: > > Hi, my name is Matt and I recently downloaded Mandrake Linux. I > > successfully installed it, but now am having problems configuring my > > X-server. It runs fine, but only in 8-bit color (my video card can support > > 32-bit). I have run xconf a few times, and finally found how to change the > > deafult resolution for each color depth, but I cannot seem to find any > > utility to change color depth. The KDE control panel does not have any > > modules for this that I can find. Can someone help me? > > Thanks, > > A small advice, valid for everyone: when asking for help, please include > *all* useful informations. > > In this case, ve have to know, at least, which is your card. Actually, we probably don't. In the short term, you can use 'startx -- -bpp ', where X is 8, 15, 16, 24, or 32 (most of those should work, it's possible that some won't because of /etc/X11/XF86Config). In the long term, this is covered on the Mandrake Linux homepage under the FAQ section. -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Color Depth Problems
On Tue, Mar 09, 1999 at 10:47:12PM -0600, Matt Stegman wrote: > Hi, my name is Matt and I recently downloaded Mandrake Linux. I > successfully installed it, but now am having problems configuring my > X-server. It runs fine, but only in 8-bit color (my video card can support > 32-bit). I have run xconf a few times, and finally found how to change the > deafult resolution for each color depth, but I cannot seem to find any > utility to change color depth. The KDE control panel does not have any > modules for this that I can find. Can someone help me? > Thanks, A small advice, valid for everyone: when asking for help, please include *all* useful informations. In this case, ve have to know, at least, which is your card. -- Fabio Coattihttp://felix.unife.it/~cova Ferrara Linux Users Group http://flug.unife.it GnuPG fp:6AB9 277E 9AA7 9D20 E82C 9EE7 2D17 E351 3DCB 0CDC Old SysOps never die... they simply forget their password.
[newbie] Color Depth Problems
Hi, my name is Matt and I recently downloaded Mandrake Linux. I successfully installed it, but now am having problems configuring my X-server. It runs fine, but only in 8-bit color (my video card can support 32-bit). I have run xconf a few times, and finally found how to change the deafult resolution for each color depth, but I cannot seem to find any utility to change color depth. The KDE control panel does not have any modules for this that I can find. Can someone help me? Thanks, Matt Stegman
