RE: How to change the color depth.


Subject: RE: How to change the color depth.
From: jim (dharma@azstarnet.com)
Date: Wed Apr 19 2000 - 22:29:45 MDT


I am having the same problem with my iBook. it posts fine in 8bpp but when i
try to change it to anything higher it hangs the xserver.
also linux won't boot at all unless i putin the argument in yaboot for
novideo. any ideas or ways around this with a iBook?

-----Original Message-----
From: natorro [mailto:natorro]On Behalf Of Carlos Ernesto Lopez Nataren
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 8:32 PM
To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
Subject: Re: How to change the color depth.

Yoshihisa Taniguchi wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> I installed the Yellow Dog Linux Champion Server suite to my Lombard
> 1999 PowerBook G3/400. However, the color depth is 8!
> I tried to change the setting from 8 to 32 in
'/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config'
> file. But it hang the X server up. Does this XFree86 support the ATI
Rage LT Pro?
> How did you fix this problem, amigos?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Yoshi Taniguchi

First, can you post your /etc/X11/XF86Config file???
second, how much VRAM does it have???
Any messages???

Cheers
natorro

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