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[russ loroville <bontemps AT m-net.arbornet.org>]

I have a DefaultColorDepth line in /etc/X11/XF86Config.eg but don't know
if this should be edited or not. I've tried to edit this but it didn't
seem to help.
  When I run zgv.gz(from the commandline,using all of the defualt values
that BL2.x comes with) I get beautiful pictures but I
don't know if this automatically runs a svga script of some sorts. If I
could get icewm/opera to run with those setting I would be very satisfied.
I have a "S3 Trio 64" Super-VGA, 1024kb memory,Generic 8-bit pseudo-color
DAC(RAMDAC) after running SuperProbe.

On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, Sindi Keesan wrote:

> > > I did not see anything called "defaultcolordepth".
> >
> > -------------------------------------
> > Section "Screen"
> >    Driver          "Accel"
> >    Device          "Primary Card"
> >    Monitor         "Primary Monitor"
> >    DefaultColorDepth 16
>
> The DefaultColorDepth line is not there to start with.
> Apparently you have to type it in yourself.  I checked both
> the vga16 configuration file that you set up for us, and the one
> that I made for my accel card (S3).
>
>
> > -------------------------------------
> >
> > > It took me a long time to even get 256 colors working
> > > (and I gave up with one S3 Trio64V+ card).
> >
> > I have two S3 Trio64V+ cards and they both run very nicely
> > using xs3.tgz (please note that's xs3.tgz *not* xs3v.tgz).
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Steven
>
>
> When I tried with my card and xs3.tgz it would not even start X.
> The S3 Virge card worked with svga, at least.
>
> I may try again some day in another computer.  S3 seems to be fussy about
> its monitors.  It won't work with two of ours.  I set the monitor
> definitions to rather conservative settings, then tried upping them one
> number, but that still did not work even on the monitor that does work
> with S3.  What horiz and vert settings are working with your S3 Trio64V+
> cards?    The only monitor info I have is for the NCR monitor, which does
> not work with S3 video.  Would increasing vertical settings damage the
> monitor, or only horizontal settings would do that?
>
> I copied over your printer lines exactly and my printer still won't print
> graphics.  Other than give up, what should I do next?  Try a Panasonic
> ribbon printer?
>
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