Received: from SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po7.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA05324; Wed, 13 Dec 95 19:59:13 EST Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA25375; Wed, 13 Dec 95 19:59:15 EST Received: from freefall.FreeBSD.ORG by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA11512; Wed, 13 Dec 1995 19:58:36 -0500 Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA06623 Wed, 13 Dec 1995 15:45:57 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA06391 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 13 Dec 1995 15:44:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from koala.scott.net (root@koala.scott.net [204.181.147.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA06384 for ; Wed, 13 Dec 1995 15:44:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from dialup86.scott.net (dialup86.scott.net [205.241.3.86]) by koala.scott.net (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id RAA23866 for ; Wed, 13 Dec 1995 17:43:50 -0600 Message-Id: <199512132343.RAA23866@koala.scott.net> Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Jason Gilbert" To: questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 17:43:52 +0000 Subject: # of colors displayed under XFree86 Reply-To: jason@homewood.net Priority: normal X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.22) Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I have been trying in vain for the past week to figure out how to display more than 256 colors under XFree86. I have all the information that is required in the configuration program (chip type, RAMDAC, video memory, etc.) I entered it all and it still does not seem to work. I have a STB Powergraph Pro video card and a Gateway 2000 17" vivitron monitor. I'm only looking for at least 32K color (or more would be nice) and it works fine under windows 3.1. I've tried adding the -bpp 16 option at the command line(I don't think it is having any effect) and setting the VISUAL="PseudoColor" to TrueColor and DirectColor. The colors seem to lessen under Direct and display worse. Under True, the colors are fine until I start netscape and then when I move the pointer any where off of the netscape window the colors become psychadelic and when I move it back the colors return inside the window but the border is messed up. The colors inside the window on graphics are still splochy(sp?). This is mainly what I want to get rid of. Sorry this is so wordy. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in Advance, Jason Jason Gilbert jason@scott.net/jason@homewood.net http://www.homewood.net/