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  • Subject: Re: [BL] "SVGA" and links2
  • Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:41:42 +0000 (UTC)

On Mon, 14 Apr 2008, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

Message from Steven
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Sindi wrote:

Xvesa does display in 8-bit color (oddly),

Really? Are you sure you are getting 256 colors?
I suspect you are actually getting just 16 but
the display is so weird that it's hard to tell.

8-bit Xvesa may only be displaying 16 colors, but Opera accepts this.

If I use Xvesa in 4-bit color, Opera refuses to load (bpp=4 in the error message). If Xvesa is 8-bit, Opera loads, with visible menu at top. If I then switch to another console and back the menu goes to black on black.

If I stay in X (no console switching) Opera is quite usable, but faces are blue.

So if you cannot get a regular X server working on a laptop, Xvesa is still worth using in 8-bit color for graphical browsing at 800x600.
It beats having to use IE at the library.

Sindi


Cheers,
Steven

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