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dariball

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From: Germany - Frankfurt

Registered: 2002-10-20

Posts: 118

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Problems with running X above 8bit color depth

I'm posting my XF86Config , maybe someone cann tell me why i only can use 8bit color depth..... thx :

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Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
    ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load  "record"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "dbe"
    #Load  "dri"
    Load  "glx"
    Load  "xtrap"
    Load  "type1"
    Load  "speedo"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "keyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse0"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option        "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option      "XAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    #DisplaySize      320   240    # mm
    Identifier   "Monitor0"
    VendorName   "MED"
    ModelName    "MD1772JC"
    Option        "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "SWcursor"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "HWcursor"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoAccel"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ShowCache"              # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ShadowFB"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "UseFBDev"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "Rotate"                 # [<str>]
        #Option     "VideoKey"               # <i>
        #Option     "FlatPanel"              # [<bool>]
    Identifier  "Card0"
    #Driver      "nv"
    Driver      "nvidia"
    #Driver      "NVdriver"
    VendorName  "NVidia"
    BoardName   "GeForce2 MX/MX 400"
    BusID       "PCI:1:5:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     1
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     4
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     8
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     15
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     16
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     24
    EndSubSection
EndSection
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thx for any help ....

I'm running a nvidia card with the nvidia drivers and mesa ....

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sarah31

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From: Middle of Canada

Registered: 2002-08-20

Posts: 2,975

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Re: Problems with running X above 8bit color depth

well there are a couple of things that i can spot.  first in your monitor section there are no vertical or horizontal refresh rates. like so:

Section "Monitor"
        #DisplaySize      360   270     # mm
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "DWE"
        HorizSync    30-95
        VertRefresh  50-160
        ModelName    "PnP Monitor"
        Option      "DPMS"

second, though i have been told on occassion they are not necessary, you have no resolution modes. like so:

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Card0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth 24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     1
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     4
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     8
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     15
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     16
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     24
                Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

also note the stated default depth:

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Card0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth 24

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