Subject: Re: 16- and 24-Bit modes in X?
To: None <port-amiga@netbsd.org>
From: Bernd Sieker <bsieker@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de>
List: port-amiga
Date: 11/11/1998 02:54:21
On 11.11.98, 00:21:24, Stefan Sichler wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I don't get 16 or 24 bit modes to work in X11; the screen
> becomes in 16 bit modes _very_ dark and strange colored and
> in a 24 bit mode simply black.
>
> Are hi- and truecolor modes actually implemented?
>
>
> A1200T, Picasso II+, NetBSD 1.3, X server 1.3
>
The answer is in the INSTALL.X11 file:
--quote
[...]
This is a list of possible devices (dev/grfX), where X:
[...]
3 = Device for Cirrus 54xx based Graphics Board
(Picollo, Picollo SD64, Spectrum, PicassoII, II+ and IV)
[...]
Supported graphics depth (planes):
[...]
grf3: 8
[...]
--unquote
So, the Xserver only supports 8bit modes on Cirrus Logic boards.
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Stefan
> --
--
Bernd Sieker