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Sindi Keesan wrote:
>
> > Where did you get your copy of Xvesa?  I downloaded 
> > the version at DeliLinux but it comes up with an
> > "Illegal instruction" error.
> 
> I got mine at delilinux.  Maybe you should download another copy?

My version has 945896 bytes.  Is yours the same?

> xinit -- /usr/X11R6/bin/Xvesa -screen 1280x1024x16
> 
> This gives me a 1280 resolution screen but only 8-bit color
> 800x600x24 also gives me 8-bit color (light turquoise)
> 
> I would think Xvesa would provide more colors, since Xvesa 
> -listmodes gives a long list of possible resolutions and 
> color depths.  

I believe that Xvesa can be compiled with varying capabilites.
It is possible that your version was compiled with a 8-bit
limit.

Cheers,
Steven