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From: "John A. Morrison" <morrison@killerbee.jsc.nasa.gov>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: bpp - Setting bit depth from 8 to 16 or higher
Date: Fri, 06 Sep 1996 12:48:01 -0500
Organization: NASA/Johnson Space Center
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CC: morrison@ladyred.rsoc.rockwell.com
Hi.
I've got a question for those of you who are XF86 experts.
I currently use a Vision Master 17 (IDEKiyama) and ATI Mach64 Graphics
Pro Turbo (PCI) w/4 meg RAM.
Question: How do I change the default bit depth from 8 to 16 (running
a 1280 x 1024 display).
Problem: I'm currently using AfterStep as the Window manager, and I
consistently run out of colors - which looks _real_ ugly!
I should have the RAM available acording to the README
file in my distribution - it should be possible. However,
there is no mention on _how_ to change the default bit
depth from 8 to 16 or 32.
Is this an X-Server (e.g., Mach64) problem, or a configuration that
can be made to the XF86Config file?
.ps please send email to me - as I don't get the opportunity to check
the news all that often.
Thanks in advance.
morrison@ladyred.rsoc.rockwell.com
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