[ltp] > 256 colors for 600E?

[Tim Prince]

FWIW, the current SVGA server (Aug. 20 or later) from  XFree site is the one which supports 1024x768 32-bit on the T20.  The
XFree86-3 SVGA which comes with RH6.2 has to be set up 16-bit 640x480 (don't know how many real colors), then the new server
installed (which will run 16-bit 800x600) and XF86Setup run to put on final new settings.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Newman" <dnewman@networktest.com>
To: <linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com>
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 7:28 AM
Subject: RE: [ltp] > 256 colors for 600E?


>
> > > For my Thinkpad 600E I'd like to get an X server capable of
> > displaying more
> > > than the 256 colors I get with the XFree86-SVGA server that comes with
> > > RH6.2.
> >
> > It only depends on the video memory you have. There is a limit
> > the product of the
> > resolution and the number of colors, which depends on the amount
> > of video memory.
> > You should get the same resolution you get from windows. Exactly the same.
> > The acceleration can be different on some chipsets, but that is a
> > rare problem
> > to my knowledge.
>
> ???
>
> The documentation with XF-3x-SVGA states that it supports only 256 colors.
>
> The Thinkpad 600E has a NeoMagic MagicMedia256AV video chipset with 2.5
> Mbytes of memory.
>
> Is there some other server in the RH6.2 distribution I should be using?
>
> Thanks
>
> dn
>
> > >
> > > Any recommendations? Does XFree86-4 do better than 3?
> >
> > I doubt it. Maybe some model some where, but this problem was
> > solved a long time ago (i.e., years ago).


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