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From: roberto@eurocontrol.fr (Ollivier Robert)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Matrox Mellinium on Xfree86 3.2 anyone?
Date: 30 Jan 1997 16:31:54 GMT
Organization: Eurocontrol EEC, Bretigny, France
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In article <32EFB328.446B9B3D@millcomm.com>,
John Nistler  <nistler@millcomm.com> wrote:
> It seemed to work just fine in 1280x1024 mode.  Only it seems that 
> currently they only have support for a depth of 8.(256 colors)

Depends on your card's memory. I am using a Millenium with 2 MB in 1152x800
@ 16 bits and it is working pretty well. Yell if you want my XF86Config.
 
> I think they might be working on the other depths.  I think they
> will have another release in February.

name of display:    :0.0
version number:    11.0
vendor string:    The XFree86 Project, Inc
vendor release number:    3200
maximum request size:  4194300 bytes
motion buffer size:  256
bitmap unit, bit order, padding:    32, LSBFirst, 32
image byte order:    LSBFirst
number of supported pixmap formats:    2
supported pixmap formats:
    depth 1, bits_per_pixel 1, scanline_pad 32
    depth 16, bits_per_pixel 16, scanline_pad 32
keycode range:    minimum 8, maximum 157
focus:  window 0x8000012, revert to Parent
number of extensions:    14
    BIG-REQUESTS
    DOUBLE-BUFFER
    MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
    MIT-SHM
    MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
    RECORD
    SHAPE
    SYNC
    XC-MISC
    XFree86-DGA
    XFree86-Misc
    XFree86-VidModeExtension
    XInputExtension
    XTEST
default screen number:    0
number of screens:    1

screen #0:
  dimensions:    1152x800 pixels (390x271 millimeters)
  resolution:    75x75 dots per inch
  depths (1):    16
  root window id:    0x26
  depth of root window:    16 planes
  number of colormaps:    minimum 1, maximum 1
  default colormap:    0x23
  default number of colormap cells:    64
  preallocated pixels:    black 0, white 65535
  options:    backing-store YES, save-unders YES
  largest cursor:    1152x800
  current input event mask:    0x58003d
    KeyPressMask             ButtonPressMask          ButtonReleaseMask        
    EnterWindowMask          LeaveWindowMask          SubstructureNotifyMask   
    SubstructureRedirectMask PropertyChangeMask       
  number of visuals:    1
  default visual id:  0x22
  visual:
    visual id:    0x22
    class:    TrueColor
    depth:    16 planes
    available colormap entries:    64 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0xf800, 0x7e0, 0x1f
    significant bits in color specification:    6 bits

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Ollivier ROBERT   -=- Eurocontrol EEC/TS -=-   Ollivier.Robert@eurocontrol.fr
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