Why won't X work?????????

[ille_pugil42]

Okay, I have and ATI Xpert2000 AGP 32MB video card, Slack 7.0 and 3.3 X. The deal is, I can't get any better resolution than 640x480 (I think) by 16 color. I ran through xf86config using different servers (generic, ATI Rage II + DvD, ATI Xpert 98) and I've only gotten it to work twice at the above mentioned resolution. Do I just need to download X 4.whatever, or are there some tricks I can do? Any help is muchly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[Shad]

You will need either XFree86 3.3.6 or 4.x
The Xpert2000 uses a Rage 128 chip so use the r128 server. You could also setup frame buffer, but why bother when it is slow and there are better options.

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[ille_pugil42]

Well, onto a new issue. I swapped out my Xpert2000 for my older Xpert 98 (It worked well previously). To make a long story short I have it running Gnome/Enlightenment @ 800x600 - but it looks like 256 color. Inside of xf86config I set it up to only use 800x600, but I'm at a loss on how to change the color depth. Any ideas?

[winnotgoneyet]

Have you tried Xconfigurator, not quite as nasty as xf86, ???

[ille_pugil42]

I tried xconfigurator but my system couldn't find it... is it specific to certain os's?

[X_Entity]

Xconfigurator is a red hat thing.
You could try XF86Setup which if you don't have it is available from the Xfree web site (the URL escapes me at the minute)

[ille_pugil42]

When I tried that, nothing helped. How can I tell what color depth I'm at? By just looking at it, its most likely 256color.

[winnotgoneyet]

there is a command, that will tell you the resolution, typr the command in the console, then click on the x-sceen and it will type back your settings? I don't know if it works in slack but the bad news is I can't remember the command right now? sorry, it was posted here about a month ago!! if you have time to look, if I find it I'll let you know

[Shad]

In your XF86Config file there is a section for screens color depth is controlled by
DefaultColorDepth bpp where bpp is the color depth specified as a number, ie. 8 for 256, 16 for 16 bit (thousands), 24/32 for 24/32 bit (millions). Or else you could try startx -bpp 16 or whatever color depth you desire.


(I also feel obligated due to the number of Slack rules post to add, Mandrake would have found and properly set up your xpert2000 vid card, and given you 24 bit color. The r128 driver does not support 32 bit color at this time. I particularly find it humourous that you want to use X setup tools as opposed to manually editing your config files. I thought that was the whole point to Slack.)

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[ille_pugil42]

thanx. I'll see what I can find...

[ille_pugil42]

I didn't know what to change regarding that in the text tools. Either way, I'll try your suggestion, Shad. Normally I like to edit the files (started out on Dos, not windows), but I was curious to see if there was a program to check the depth while x was running. That'd be a neat tool.