Re: Voodoo3 at more than 8bpp?

2000-03-17 Thread Stephen Zander
>>>>> "John" == John Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: John> ps. You shuld get 8bpp, 16bpp and 24bpp resolutions no prob! Thanks for the response, John. When I tried 3.3.x I just got a blnk screen and then vt corruption when I quit the Xserver. I'll

Re: Voodoo3 at more than 8bpp?

2000-03-17 Thread Bruce Stephens
Stephen Zander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > And thanks again, Colin, Bruce & Sean. I still can't get XFree86 > 3.3.6 to do the right thing, but I now have XFree86 4.0 running > successfully at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 32bpp. It will run 1600x1200 at > 32bpp but my monitor starts to get wierd. Ho

Re: Voodoo3 at more than 8bpp?

2000-03-17 Thread John Gould
Hi there, Voodoo 3 should run fine under 3.3.6, I wouldn't mess with 4 just yet! Can you send me your XF86Config file privately and I'll take a look? It's in /etc/X11. Regards JohnG ps. You shuld get 8bpp, 16bpp and 24bpp reso

Re: Voodoo3 at more than 8bpp?

2000-03-17 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Stephen" == Stephen Zander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Stephen> Thanks for your help. And thanks again, Colin, Bruce & Sean. I still can't get XFree86 3.3.6 to do the right thing, but I now have XFree86 4.0 running successfully at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 32bpp. It will run 1600x1200 a

Re: Voodoo3 at more than 8bpp?

2000-03-17 Thread Stephen Zander
Sean> I'm running a Voodoo3 2000 PCI on a dual PPro system. My Sean> desktop is running at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and looks great. I've Sean> attached my XF86Config file, and the /proc/cpuinfo and Sean> /proc/interrupts info that you requested, though I don't Sean> know what good it'

Re: Voodoo3 at more than 8bpp?

2000-03-17 Thread Sean Johnson
Stephen Zander wrote: > Could you both send me the output of > > cat /proc/cpuinfo /proc/interrupts > > off-list would probably be better. I'm wondering if I need to enable > interupts for this card and whether running an SMP system is making a > difference. > I'm running a Voodoo3 2000 P

Re: Voodoo3 at more than 8bpp?

2000-03-17 Thread kvaughan
At 05:37 PM 3/16/00 -0800, you wrote: > >> "Colin" == Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Colin> I don't know if any of this helps, but let me know if ... >Bruce sent me a similar email, there's nothing unusual in either of >your configurations. Hmm. > >Could you both send me the outp

Re: Voodoo3 at more than 8bpp?

2000-03-17 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Colin" == Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Colin> I don't know if any of this helps, but let me know if Colin> there's anything else in your setup you'd like to compare Colin> with mine! Bruce sent me a similar email, there's nothing unusual in either of your configurat

Re: Voodoo3 at more than 8bpp?

2000-03-16 Thread Colin Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stephen Zander) wrote: >Please cc me, I'm not subscribe to -user Done. >Does anyone have a Voodoo3 card that they're running in 16bpp or 24bpp >mode? I bought one yesterday and couldn't get X 3.3.6 to come up even >in 8bpp. I get characters wri

Re: Voodoo3 at more than 8bpp?

2000-03-16 Thread Bruce Stephens
Stephen Zander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does anyone have a Voodoo3 card that they're running in 16bpp or > 24bpp mode? I bought one yesterday and couldn't get X 3.3.6 to come > up even in 8bpp. I get characters written all over the screen as > though something

Voodoo3 at more than 8bpp?

2000-03-16 Thread Stephen Zander
Please cc me, I'm not subscribe to -user Does anyone have a Voodoo3 card that they're running in 16bpp or 24bpp mode? I bought one yesterday and couldn't get X 3.3.6 to come up even in 8bpp. I get characters written all over the screen as though something's not setting the

Re: Starting X-Windows >8bpp

1998-04-05 Thread Art Lemasters
> Can anyone tell me how to start X-Windows at greater than 8bpp. I am > using XFree86 and using an X Server which is capable of this. Try the following from the user account that you want to use for X windows viewing. cd touch .xserverrc [Then use the editor of your choice t

Re: Starting X-Windows >8bpp

1998-04-04 Thread Shaleh
Take a glance at xinit or startx's man page. It boils down to a -bpp option. -- --- How can you see, when your mind is not open? How can you think, when your eyes are closed? - Jason Bonham Band, "Ordinary Black and White" -

Starting X-Windows >8bpp

1998-04-04 Thread John Wingfield
Can anyone tell me how to start X-Windows at greater than 8bpp. I am using XFree86 and using an X Server which is capable of this. Thanks -- John Wingfield Committee Member & Website Manager British Double Reed Society [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bdrs.demon.co.uk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

Re: >8bpp?

1998-04-03 Thread m*
Jules Bean wrote: > On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, Ian Keith Setford wrote: > > > > > Yo- > > > > How to I get xdm to start with 16bpp or 24bpp? It is currently starting > > in 8bpp so AfterStep looks terrible. > > > > Best method, probably, is to go into

Re: >8bpp?

1998-04-03 Thread Jules Bean
On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, Ian Keith Setford wrote: > > Yo- > > How to I get xdm to start with 16bpp or 24bpp? It is currently starting > in 8bpp so AfterStep looks terrible. > Best method, probably, is to go into your /etc/X11/XF86Config file, go down to the section in your XF8

>8bpp?

1998-04-03 Thread Ian Keith Setford
Yo- How to I get xdm to start with 16bpp or 24bpp? It is currently starting in 8bpp so AfterStep looks terrible. Thanks in advance! -Ian _ Ian K. Setford [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: xdm using > 8bpp: how?

1996-12-06 Thread Joey Hess
> I remember reading here not long ago about how to setup multiple xdm > sessions with different color depths. But in a fit of tidyness I erased > the message and can't find the answer in any of the manpages or > informational docs that came with X. > > I would like to start up my single session w

xdm using > 8bpp: how?

1996-12-06 Thread David Morris
I remember reading here not long ago about how to setup multiple xdm sessions with different color depths. But in a fit of tidyness I erased the message and can't find the answer in any of the manpages or informational docs that came with X. I would like to start up my single session with somethin