by Hello All,
Still doing some fiddling with my X-configuration...
I would like to run X in 16 bpp-mode. I have a Trident 8900c videocard,
with a Sierra Hi-Color RAMDAC installed. SuperProbe gives me the
following
output:
First video: Super-VGA
Chipset: Trident 8900C
Memory: 1024 Kbytes
RAMDAC: Sierra 1502{5,6} 15/16/24-bit DAC
(with 6-bit wide lookup tables (or in 6-bit mode))
(programmable for 6/8-bit wide lookup tables)
Then, my /etc/X11/XF86Config looks like:
# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************
# Any number of monitor sections may be present
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 35.16 # typical for a single frequency fixed-sync
monitor
VertRefresh 56.25 # typical for a single frequency fixed-sync
monitor
Mode "800x600"
DotClock 36
HTimings 800 824 896 1024
VTimings 600 601 603 625
EndMode
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************
Section "Device"
# SVGA server auto-detected chipset
Identifier "Generic SVGA"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************
# The colour SVGA server
Section "Screen"
Driver "svga"
Device "Generic SVGA"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 800 600
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 800 600
EndSubsection
EndSection
# *********************************************************************
Then, 'startx -- -bpp 16' gives me:
(**) SVGA: 16bpp not supported for this chipset
*** A configured device found, but display modes could not be
resolved.***
Fatal server error:
no screens found
TRANS(SocketUNIXConnect) () can't connect: errno = 111
giving up
xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
Anyone with a clue if and how I can 16bpp to work, or else, why not?
Thanks in advance...
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