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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> Dan Schmidt wrote:
> > The script in BL3 has three choices, one of
> > which results in a 640X480,
>
> You can alter the resolutions directly by editing
> /etc/Xconfig.  I suggest you execute the following
> to see what modes Xvesa has available on your system:
> ----------------
> Xvesa -listmodes
> ----------------
>
> > As for abiword, I changed my screen to 600X800x12 to
> > test it out.  (doing so makes the colors on my screen
> > go crazy - seem dark and blue)

Choosing 12, in my experience, is the same as choosing 15-bit color, and 
some video cards do not support that.  Xvesa apparently uses 8-bit instead 
in this case.  8-bit on my computers looks like what you describe (crazy 
colors).  I think it would make more sense to offer in Xsetup not 12 but 
15 and 16 (with a note that 15 does not work with some video cards).

> I suggest you try 800x600x16.


What video card are you using?  Does it do 16-bit?  If not, you are stuck 
with 4-bit or 1-bit (mono).  I don't know why Xvesa won't work with 8-bit.

> Cheers,
> Steven
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