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  • From: Lee Forrest <lforrestster AT gmail.com>
  • To: BasicLinux List <baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [BL] Xvesa Xli Images
  • Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 17:29:21 +0000

On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 02:14:22PM +1300, 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
> Lee Forrest wrote:
> >
> > > Why are you going with 320X200X16 ?
> > > Did 640x400x16 not work?
> >
> > Turns out neither of them work.
>
> Huh? That's not the impression I got from your
> previous messages.
>
> > I tried 640* _again_ and it trashed the xterms.
>
> Your xterms are a different issue (probably easily fixable).

I tried. The left border is lost no matter what geom I try.

Even with the much smaller 6X9 font.

And everything is askew. Same for 320*

> The question is: Did Xvesa display 640x400x16 ?

Yes.

> > So I'm at 640x480 again, and the image looks just as good.
>
> That screen is 4-bit color. 16 colors total.

I changed it to 640X460X16 and rebooted. Seems to be okay.

> > > Your screen now has 16-bit depth, so it should display
> > > a 16-bit image properly.
> >
> > It's an 8 bit image. Set during the conversion process.
>
> An 8-bit image on a 4-bit screen will be in 4 bits.

I should be at 16 now, and it looks the same.

_With_ the agpgpart module loaded.

[delete]

Lee

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