Re: making 16bpp the default in X

1997-06-08 Thread Clint Adams
> > Luke Bussanmas, Rob Browining, Brian White, and Gary Dolan (others? if > > so accept my apology!) have tried with varying degrees of success in > > helping me get Netscape running on my 1MB TVGA 9400 CXi card and KFC 15" > > monitor with X11R6, Debina 1.1 (with some upgrades). I am grateful t

Re: making 16bpp the default in X

1997-06-08 Thread Rick Jones
On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, David B. Teague wrote: > > Hi: > > A note of appreciation to several,and a continued request for help. > > Luke Bussanmas, Rob Browining, Brian White, and Gary Dolan (others? if > so accept my apology!) have tried with varying degrees of success in > helping me get Netsca

Re: making 16bpp the default in X

1997-06-05 Thread Rob Browning
"David B. Teague" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: What's in your /etc/X11/Xserver file? If it's pointing to the vga16 server, then that's your problem since that server can only go up to 16 colors. One (crude) way to fix this is to reinstall the server you want to use. The postinst will ask you if

SUMMARY: making 16bpp the default in X

1997-06-05 Thread Douglas L Stewart
The easiest thing to do is just to add this in your XF86Config in the section for your video card: DefaultColorDepth 16 I wish xf86config had this as an option. Here's an example: Section "Screen" Driver "svga" # Use Device "Generic VGA" for Standard VGA 320x200x256 #Device

Re: making 16bpp the default in X

1997-06-04 Thread David B. Teague
Hi: A note of appreciation to several,and a continued request for help. Luke Bussanmas, Rob Browining, Brian White, and Gary Dolan (others? if so accept my apology!) have tried with varying degrees of success in helping me get Netscape running on my 1MB TVGA 9400 CXi card and KFC 15" monitor

Re: making 16bpp the default in X

1997-06-03 Thread Luke Bussanmas
> What do I need to do to make 16 bpp the default in X? In your /etc/X11/XF86Config file place the following line under the Section "Screen" : DefaultColorDepth 16 That should solve the problem without having to delete the other subsections on "Display". -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING

Re: making 16bpp the default in X

1997-06-02 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, Jun 01, 1997 at 10:56:02PM -0500, John Goerzen wrote: > Douglas L Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > What do I need to do to make 16 bpp the default in X? > > You can edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config and remove all the other modes. > If you are running xdm, you can edit /etc/X11/xdm/X

Re: making 16bpp the default in X

1997-06-02 Thread Douglas L Stewart
On 1 Jun 1997, John Goerzen wrote: > Douglas L Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > What do I need to do to make 16 bpp the default in X? > > You can edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config and remove all the other modes. Actually, this is what I tried originally and it doesn't work. > If you are r

Re: making 16bpp the default in X

1997-06-02 Thread John Goerzen
Douglas L Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What do I need to do to make 16 bpp the default in X? You can edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config and remove all the other modes. If you are running xdm, you can edit /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers and add -bpp 16 to the command line. If you are using startx or x

making 16bpp the default in X

1997-06-01 Thread Douglas L Stewart
What do I need to do to make 16 bpp the default in X? -douglas -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .