| Stephen Gran on 26 Jul 2005 18:35:56 -0000 |
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On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 10:01:32AM -0400, Jeff Abrahamson said: > I'm definitely running 2048 x 1536 now. I'm more hard pressed to > confirm what color depth I'm running. I just know I'm running more > than before, because I'm no longer getting errors about failure to > allocate colors. > > It's easy to tell whether I'm running 8 bit -- photos look splotchy. > It's harder to be sure I'm in 24 and not 16 except that some things > will subtly look worse. Any suggestions on how to determine the > current depth? > > I see in /var/log/XFree86.0.log the following line, but that log > doesn't date its lines and is more confusing than most, since it > mentions things it just ponders as well as things it's doing. > > (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp > > But does the minus sign mean it didn't do it or that it did or > something else? Informational message, you get a WW or EE on problems. xdpyinfo will give you lots of information about your current display. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Stephen Gran | QOTD: "If you keep an open mind people | | steve@lobefin.net | will throw a lot of garbage in it." | | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment:
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