[PLUG] X color depth

[Jeff Abrahamson <jeff@purple.com>]

I set up X on a new machine this weekend.  I used xf86cfg to configure
it, as it seems to be the most successful, even though I don't
understand what it is doing most of the time.

One thing I don't understand is the difference between /etc/X11/ and
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/.  The latter is where xf86cfg puts its files.

More important, though, the config file it writes does not specify a
color depth, and I am getting 15 or 16 bit color.  I want 24.  There's
a gnome desktop widget for changing the screen resolution, but I don't
see a way to change the color depth.  The fact that it isn't specified
in the config file just makes it more confusing.

(The config file says this:

    Section "Screen"
	    Identifier "Screen0"
	    Device     "Card0"
	    Monitor    "Monitor0"
	    SubSection "Display"
		    Depth     1
	    EndSubSection
	    SubSection "Display"
		    Depth     4
	    EndSubSection
	    SubSection "Display"
		    Depth     8
	    EndSubSection
	    SubSection "Display"
		    Depth     15
	    EndSubSection
	    SubSection "Display"
		    Depth     16
	    EndSubSection
	    SubSection "Display"
		    Depth     24
	    EndSubSection
    EndSection

But if I comment out the depths 1-16, X won't start.)

I have a 64 MB graphics card (I think: nVidia Corporation NV20
[GeForce3 Ti 200] (rev a3)), so I would think I'd have memory to do 24
bit at 2048 x 1536.

Any suggestions?

-- 
 Jeff

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