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[James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>]

On Mon, 21 Apr 2003 qwms-avib AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
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> The solution is simple (if you have the hardware to display
> more colors).  Simply edit /etc/XF86Config and increase the
> DefaultColorDepth.  I went from 8 (which caused flashing )
> to 16 (which didn't).  Other values might work too, but
> I only tried 16.
>
My XF86Config has no such entry as DefaultColorDepth.  I assume I'll have
to add it.  But where does it go?

James
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qwms-avib AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

>Diego Barizo wrote:
>  
>
>>I've installed BL1.8  and BL2 in the same drive. 
>>I planned to use the same swap partition, 
>>    
>>
>
>I do that.  It should work fine.
>
>  
>
>>but BL2 won't recognize it (It works ok in BL1)
>>    
>>
>
>What do you mean by "won't recognize it"?
>Please report exactly what command you used
>(swapon?) and what happened after that.
>
>Cheers,
>Steven
>
>  
>
I tried swapon -a
I get "/dev/hda8  No such file or directory"
The swap partition is declared in /etc/fstab.
Any  idea?