Re: Need direction: configure Elite 3D FB for 24-bit color....

From: Chris Morgan (cm_at_mihalis.net)
Date: 10/27/04 

Date: 27 Oct 2004 13:33:07 -0400

Richard Santink <rsantink@florida.us> writes:

> No doubt this has been posted in the past, and I apologize for
> this. Can someone point me in the right direction to figure out how to
> configure my Elite 3D so that I can have more colors on the desktop
> for my apps?
>
> When I go to Sun's site, and search, the results are overwhelming. I
> had followed another poster's thread that mentioned chaning
> /etc/appconfig/Xservers (I think) but it didn't work in my case.

Use ifbconfig (device specific) or fbconfig (generic) to configure the
resolution and color depth of the card. Use Xservers to establish the
default depth and visual type, and such things as left and right
screens, or Xinerama. You have to copy Xservers from its default
location to another specified place if you wish to change it and have
your changes take effect. Sorry I forget where, but find the file and
read its comments.

The default visual on Creator and Elite cards seems to be an 8-bit
PseudoColor visual for maximum safety, since this is often what older
applications use and expect. If you change it to be 24-bit TrueColor
you'll see that most apps can now actually use it IF they find it (but
unfortunately many don't look beyond the default).

Chris 

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