Daniel, Thanks for the config file. All I needed to do was add a section in my Screens definition to say DefaultDepth 16/24. I assumed if I only had a 16bpp screen defined it would use it rather then looking for an 8bpp.
Thanks again for the help. Lyall. On 4 Feb 2001, Daniel Pittman wrote: > Lyall Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Hi, I have dell inspiron 3700 with an ATI Rage Mobility AGP 2x vid > > card(detects as being a Mach 64 LM). Running debian 2.2(potato) and > > XF86 4.0.2. > > > > I have successfully installed and configured X to run at 1024x768 8bit > > color using the ati driver. I have, however had this system running in > > 24bit color using XF86 3.3.6 and Mandrake 7.0-2 under the mach64 > > dirver. > > > > Currently if I try to run in 16 or 24 bit color. I get an error > > message that no Screen for 8bit has been defined and the x server > > crashes. > > I get 1024x768x16 on my machine (Gateway Solo 9300) with: > > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage P/M Mobility > AGP 2x (rev 64) > > Attached is my config file; I hope it helps. :) > > Daniel > >
