[plug] Linux beginner question - Xfree86
Doug Clulow
clulow at upnaway.com
Fri Aug 7 12:35:56 WST 1998
The Cirrus Logic card (well the one I had anyway) needs 2 M of memory to run
16 bit colour. I spent a long time tryingto make it work with startx -bpp16,
and eventually discovered after a laborious RTFM session that I couldn't do
it. Hope I
spare someone similar efforts...
Doug
> > I am running SVGA server with a 1mb Cirrus Logic card.
>
> With the Cirrus, if it's an ISA card and you want to be able to run 16 bit
> colour (or higher) you have to specify
> Option "Linear"
> in Section "Device" for your card.
> To run 16 bit colour you run "startx -- -bpp 16" instead of "startx"
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