Subject: Re: Many Questions.....
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From: J.O. Aho <trizt@iname.com>
List: port-amiga
Date: 02/25/2001 17:37:20
On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, jm wrote:

> 1) Why I can only use 4 bitbalnes under X , althought I have an AGA
>    amiga? I am using  the option -depth 8 with X but it still opens
>    a 16 color screen.If I give the option -depth 8 on Xwrapper it complains
>    that it cant allocate some buffers something...
> 2  The screenmodes X can use are hardcoded or i can change them
>    with a config file? Thats because the only screen I can open
>    is a 640x400 screen althought PAL is capable of 640x512 or little 
>    bit more

I didn't spend so much time with this, but I didn't find a way to get the
machine to boot in 31kHz mode when only having AGA. 


> 3) Why some programs save a file on disk under their name plus the
>    extension .core ?
Something wen't wrong when executed that program, the core is a type of report
what happen, but I don't know how to "read" it.


> 4) What is the best window manager to use under amiga ?
I think something like ctwm or twm, both uses quite little resorces as I can
remeber.
 
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