On Sat, 8 Aug 1998, Robert J. Alexander wrote:
> Have XFree86 running smoothly 8bpp on my 760XL ... anyone has hints on
> driving it to 16bpp ??
> Tried startx -- -16bpp (or similar) but get the screen readable but
> broken in four mixed up sections ...
> Here is my XF86Config.
> Thank you very much. Bob
>
> --
> Robert J. Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> AIX Certified System Administrator - Debian Linux addict - Win.\* victim
> Via Sciangai, 53 - 00144 Rome, Italy
I'm sending you my XF86Config file. I have the same computer running at
16bpp. I used the DefaultColorDisplay 16 flag in the config file to set
things at 16bpp.
You can't use acceleration in 16bpp as far as I know because the thinkpad
760xl has only 1m video memory.
HTH
- John Kloss
# File generated by xf86config.
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/freefont/"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection
Section "Keyboard"
Protocol "Standard"
AutoRepeat 500 5
XkbOptions "ctrl:swapcaps"
XkbRules "xfree86"
XkbModel "pc101"
XkbLayout "us"
XkbKeymap "xfree86(us)"
EndSection
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "PS/2"
Device "/dev/psaux"
Emulate3Buttons
Emulate3Timeout 50
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "ThinkPad 760XL Monitor"
VendorName "IBM"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 31.5 - 37.9
VertRefresh 50-90
Modeline "800x600" 40 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic VGA"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
Chipset "generic"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Trident Cyber9385"
VendorName "Trident"
BoardName "Cyber 9385"
Chipset "cyber9385"
VideoRam 1024
# Option "noaccel"
# Option "linear"
# Option "tgui_pci_read_on"
# Option "tgui_pci_write_on"
Option "cyber_shadow"
ClockChip "tgui"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Driver "svga"
Device "Trident Cyber9385"
Monitor "ThinkPad 760XL Monitor"
DefaultColorDepth 16
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 800 600
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 800 600
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Driver "vga16"
Device "Generic VGA"
Monitor "ThinkPad 760XL Monitor"
Subsection "Display"
Modes "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 800 600
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Driver "vga2"
Device "Generic VGA"
Monitor "ThinkPad 760XL Monitor"
Subsection "Display"
Modes "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 800 600
EndSubsection
EndSection
