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From: rees@umich.edu (Jim Rees)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.windows.x.i386unix,alt.sys.pc-clone.gateway2000
Subject: Only 4 shades on my Handbook
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 15:30:33 EST
Organization: University of Michigan CITI
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I've got a Gateway 2000 Handbook 486.  I've been running Mach 2.5 with
XFree86 2.1 and getting 16 shades of gray on the screen, which is the
maximum that the hardware will support.

Recently I installed NetBSD 1.1 and XFree86 3.1.2.  Now I'm only getting
four shades of gray.  The X server thinks it's giving me 16, but there are
only four distinct shades.

I've got version 1.25 of the bios, which is the latest that works with this
machine.  Someone in Japan reports that the X server works fine for him, and
I've tried his XF86Config with no luck.  I've also tried the latest beta
version of the X server, 3.1.2D, and that doesn't work any better.

Can anyone suggest a fix, or something else to try?