On Mon, 2002-01-21 at 13:13, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Mon, 2002-01-21 at 19:55, Nick Bailey wrote: > > > > > Success on the 24-bit mode. I found out that on this G4, append > > video=atyfb:vmode=22:cmode=24 works wonders. Then the DefaultFbBpp line > > in the XF86Config-4 file is unnecessary (in fact, has to be removed). > > Color depth in console and X are independent. In fact, anything besides > cmode=8 is a waste of video RAM and performance for console because it > only has 16 colors anyway.
That seems to be a matter of taste. In fact there are many programs which can use the framebuffer for display of images and even watching television or DVDs. In those case, you'll want your display set to 16-bit color. -jwb
