RE: tlug: X resolution / color depth

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Jonathan Byrne--3Web wrote:

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> 
> >when I do that, the only one that "looks right" (i.e. fills up the
> >screen and isn't warped) is the 1280x1024 at (I think) 8bpp that
> >is my usual default.
> 
> 
> Hmm, it isn't supposed to look warped at any resolution.  That's something
> that even Jonathan the Problem Magnet hasn't attracted yet :-) Are you sure
> you have the right video driver selected and your monitor isn't sick?
> 
> If you run xf86config and set it to 1280 x 1024, what is the highest color
> depth it will let you choose?  I confess to not knowing how much video
> memory you need to go 24 bpp at the resolution, but I think you need over
> four meg.  I know four meg will go 16M colors at 1024 x 768, but I think
> you'll be limited to 64K colors at 1280 x 1024.  But hey, everybody needs an
> 8 meg video card, right? :-)
> 
> The command line switch when you start X and want to set your color depth
> is:
> startx -bpp nn
> Where nn is the color depth (8, 16, 24) that you want.
> 

No, that's not right.  It's:

startx -- -bpp nn



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