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[David Moberg <davidjmoberg AT gmail.com>]

On 9/7/05, sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
> Regarding my newer Compaq 486 laptop with wd video, that needed a special
> modeline:
> It has 1MB video RAM and a DOS diagnostic program (whatvga2.exe) shows
> that it works with 32K and 64K colors.  640x480 only.  LCD color.
> 
> Chips and Technology/Paradise/Western Digital video
> 
> Xvesa can't handle this chip - 4 colors only, and no arrow keys
> 
> I now have it working with xsvga in 8-bit (256 colors) with a modeline
> that David found for it, and Steven's XF86Config file, but if I substitute
> 16 for 8 to try to get more colors, it says 16-bpp is not supported.
> 
> How can I get 32K or 64K colors from this video chip in linux?

I don't think it is possible.

> Do I need another modeline?

The modeline has nothing to do with the number of colors.

> xli displays in 256 colors quite a bit better than xv, but xv will also
> display pnm format (which is the intermediate stage when editing with
> netpbm).

There is a viewer called 'display' (I think it is in one of the X packages)
which can display several formats which xli cannot.

David