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X has a blueish tint...

Discussion in 'The Alternative OS' started by ryejay98, Jul 5, 2002.

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  1. ryejay98 Newcomer, in training

    So I decided to go ahead and install Gentoo ... everything went great. I emerged X and then ran "X -configure" to get X setup.

    Well ... the resolutions is great ... but ... everything has this blue-ish tint to it. Im not sure if its just because X isn't running in enough colours or what the deal is ... but any help would be appreciated.

    Its an old P3 @ 400Mhz ... 15" Cybervision C50 monitor running an old piece of crap S3 Trio32 video card.
    ryejay98, Jul 5, 2002
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  2. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces

    Have you tested X in lower resolutions? S3 Trio32 doesn't have enough memory for big resolutions (but then again, 15" monitor can't display them either). With 2M memory, 1024x768x16 should work, and that's about the best possible resolution for that card.
    Oh, by the way, which version of X is it?
    Mictlantecuhtli, Jul 7, 2002
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  3. ryejay98 Newcomer, in training

    Its X 4.20 ... the latest download from gentoo.org (r12?) ....

    And so far as I can tell, X is actually only running in 640x480 resolution ... not sure of the bitdepth, tho i dont think its more then 256 colors.
    ryejay98, Jul 7, 2002
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  4. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces

    You could try the following:

    Find out which gfx chip your card has - the exact model

    Run xf86setup, choose the driver for that model

    Set resolutions & color depths right
    Mictlantecuhtli, Jul 8, 2002
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  5. ryejay98 Newcomer, in training

    Actually its weird ... if I start up plain X ... its all blue-ish.

    When i do "kdm" .. the initial KDE logon screen is blue-ish ... upon actually starting KDE ... everything looks fine, but very lo-res and low colour ...

    how do I specify in the X config file what default resolution and colors to use?
    ryejay98, Jul 8, 2002
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  6. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces

    In /etc/X11/XF86Config (or XF86Config-4), you'll find the following lines:
    Code:
    Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen 1"
    Device      "S3 Savage4"
    Monitor     "Samtron 96P"
    DefaultDepth 16

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes       "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection
    This is where you can edit screen resolution and color depth (DefaultDepth). Resolutions are used from left to right; if the first one doesn't work, the next one is tried. You can also change the resolution when running X by pressing CTRL + ALT + numpad - or CTRL + ALT + numpad +, it cycles through those resolutions.
    Mictlantecuhtli, Jul 9, 2002
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  7. ryejay98 Newcomer, in training

    WOOHOO - I simply added the defaultdepth line (it wasnt there) and now it works perfectly.

    You're faboo :)
    ryejay98, Jul 9, 2002
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