Re: Looking for a good video card to use in Xwindows.
Steve Ki-Won Lee (kiwon@ugrad.cs.ualberta.ca)
Mon, 18 May 1998 22:56:19 -0600 (MDT)
On Mon, 18 May 1998, Chris wrote:
> I've been using a S3 ViRGE 4 megabyte card very happily. I run X at
> 1024x768 with 24bpp.
>
> It works fine with XFree86 3.3.2 and FreeBSD. I can't speak on behalf of
> Linux.
>
> Chris
While we're on the subject of X and vidcards..(I know this is an AS
mailing list, so please forgive me) I was finally able to have my X run at
16bpp, up from 8, using XF86Setup. xf86config and Xconfigurator just
wouldn't let me go above 8bpp.
The question is, even though I have 4MB on my vidcard and I can't seem to
run my X at 24bpp. Even after using XF86Setup, it only let's me run it at
16bpp. The card is STB's Velocity 128 (AGP), using nVidia (RIVA128)
chipset. Is this the hardware limitation or am I missing something
something that's preventing me to go higher than 16bpp?
When I choose 24bpp in XF86Setup, it gives me error messages, sorry, don't
remember at all what it said, and it just doesn't start. But I choose 16
and it's fine. Much appreciation in advance for any help!
With Best,
Steve
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