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From: "John D. Szumowski" <harpo@javanet.com>
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: X color limitations? Why?
Date: Sun, 06 Apr 1997 21:21:37 -0500
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Ron Echeverri wrote:
> 
> In article <3346929F.15FB7483@javanet.com>,
> John D. Szumowski <harpo@javanet.com> wrote:
> >Although I have a working knowledge of (just) using X, I am unfamiliar
> >with it "under the skin".
> >Anyways, I am using Xfree86 3.1.2 under FreeBSD and wonder why I cannot
> >get >256 colors with my cirrus logic 5428.
>  The readme file states that
> >64k and true color are impossible on isa (i have a compaq presario
> >850...bleah!) with >=16 megs of ram. (I have 16 installed)
> >Why is this so? Why isn't windows so limited? Most importantly, is there
> >anything I can do about this short of buying a new video card? FVWM is
> >ok, but Afterstep is much nicer, IMHO, but it eats up colors like crazy
> >in 256 mode.
> >any thoughts/solutions would be appreciated.
> >thanks.
> 
> First off, i'd recommend upgrading to Xfree86 3.2.  Second, have you
> tried to start X with a -bpp option?  Try something like
> 
>     startx -- -bpp 16
> 
> That should start it with 16-bit pixel depth (64K colors).
I've done that...and had some nasty crashes as a result. I have to set
"options linear" in /etc/XF86Config as well as a membase entry. No luck
so far...
Is 3.2 available via FreeBSD's ftp site? I think that I need 3.2A (have
heard of cirrus problems in 3.2)...but just haven't gotten around to
figuring out which files I need to get and when. There isn't an upgrade
around, by chance?
> 
> rone
> --
> Ron Echeverri         Best Internet Usenet Administration         rone@best.net
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thanks.
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