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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

Try downloading and installing xvesa.tgz from JP's site (see where to get 
add-ons at the BL2 website.  Then type:

xinit  -- /usr/X11R6/bin/Xvesa -screen  800x600x16


DOes this give you 16-bit color with a good-looking screen and icewm?


On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> entropicdesires AT entropicdesires.com wrote:
> >
> > When I start XWindows, a set of "lines" appear near the 
> > bottom of my screen, pictured here:
> > http://www.entropicdesires.com/otherstuff/startx.jpg
> > 
> > It has only happened since I started using the color SVGA 
> > server with a depth of 16.  I was previously using the color 
> > SVGA server with a depth of 8, which works fine, but is very 
> > grainy.  
> 
> It looks to me that the monitor settings in your /etc/XF86Config
> are not quite right for your monitor.  They are almost right
> (otherwise you wouldn't get as good a display as you have), but
> they are a wee bit off.
> 
> Where did you get the HorizSync and Vert Refresh numbers from?
> 
> > Also, since this has happened, I've noticed my screen shutting 
> > down after five minutes of not being used despite being set to 
> > shut down after 15 minutes of not being used in /etc/rc.d/rc.M.  
> 
> I believe the 15 minutes you set only applies to the CLI, not X.
> I think you use xset (in ~/.xinitrc) to set the screensaver time
> in X.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Steven
> 
> 
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