On Mon, 2002-01-21 at 22:19, Jeffrey W. Baker wrote: > 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.
Those applications should change the depth themselves. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
