Matt Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -- so I'm a bit confused. Does this mean I should check in my > XF86config-4 (or someplace similar) to see if my display is 8 or 16
That lists the choices that the server can make on startup. The actual decision is logged, e.g., in /var/log/XFree86.0.log (on the Debian testing I'm running now). > bit? Or is something else meant by #display' in this context? I > don#t know how to find that kind of information out (I should say, > though, that my monitor is a fairly modern color moniitor which has > 'millions of colors' when I attach it to my mac... see xdpyinfo Actually the monitor isn't the limiting factor (the speed of the monitor limits the resolution). The display card's memory size limits the number of colors - and also the resolution, though my experience is that the monitor is more limiting. -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
