[1759] in Release_7.7_team
clarification on forcing 24-bit on Ultra 10s
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Abby Fox)
Thu Apr 15 17:31:01 1999
To: ghudson@MIT.EDU
Cc: release-team@MIT.EDU, f_l-mtg@nemesis.MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: "[184] in f_l"
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 17:29:36 EDT
From: Abby Fox <ajfox@MIT.EDU>
So much for odds against DUSP asking about forcing 24-bit on Ultra 10s
before teh end of the term...A while back you wrote:
* You don't actually set a 24-bit visual on afb or ffb by
running {afb,ffb}config -deflinear true. That may work by
coincidence, but what it's actually trying to do is make a
gamma-corrected visual the default, not a 24-bit visual.
What you're supposed to do instead is run something like
"Xsun -dev /dev/fb defdepth 24".
Can you confirm whether that's indeed the right command, and whether
the right way to revert is:
Xsun -dev /dev/fb defdepth 8
(I assume he's talking about afb machines in 1-115, but we can check
if you think it matters.)
Thanks,
Abby
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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 16:57:46 EDT
From: "Thomas H. Grayson" <thg@MIT.EDU>
To: f_l@MIT.EDU
Subject: 24-bit graphics on Ultra 10's
Is there a way to force an Ultra 10 into 24-bit mode? Because of
its flexible X server, ArcView always runs in 8-bit on an Ultra 10.
We are running a demo next week with some Ultra 10s and I'd like
to use 24-bit color if we can.
Thanks,
Tom
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