On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 10:18:25AM -0400, patrick finerty jr. wrote:
> after i wrote to you i realized you have been talking about the X res.
> the only place this should be controlled is in your XF86Config. on
> Redhat systems this is under /etc/X11. it may be some place else on
> your system. in my config, the relevant entry looks like this:
>
> Section "Screen"
> Driver "accel"
> Device "ATI|3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X"
> Monitor "Acer AcerView 77is"
> DefaultColorDepth 32
> Subsection "Display"
> Depth 8
> Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864"
> ViewPort 0 0
> EndSubsection
> Subsection "Display"
> Depth 16
> Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864"
> ViewPort 0 0
> EndSubsection
> Subsection "Display"
> Depth 32
> Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864"
> ViewPort 0 0
> EndSubsection
> EndSection
>
> the important lines are the 'DefaultColorDepth' and the Modes line.
> notice that i have the higher res "1280x1024" listed before the the
> lower one. perhaps you need to change the order of these lines. i had
> to add both the DefaultColorDepth and reorder the Mode line manually.
>
Thankyou for this tip, which I found on going through my mails after
returning from a vacation. It solved a different problem (well,
annoyance, really) that has been bugging me for some time. When I
booted a Win session from an X console, it would come up in 24-bit
(Truecolor) color, but when I went to a second Linux console and started
win with fwin, I only got 8-bit color (256 colors, yuck). Adding the
DefaultColorDepth 32 lint to XF86Config now makes fwin come up in
glorious 24 bit color on a separate console.
Thanks for your help!!
Cheers, Martin
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Martin Hillyer
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