From: Hugh Caley <hcaley@loomer.com>
To: njolly@home.com, linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: XFree86 3.3.5
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 22:11:24 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <37EB07F9.CBECEF6E@loomer.com> (raw)
I had the same problem. With experimentation I found out that 15 bpp and 32
bpp work, but not 16 and 24. ??
Hugh
> I installed Xfree86-3.3.5, and the configuration tools, ran Xconfigurator,
> and rebooted. After much messing with my rc.local script (my fault it turns
> out)for a while I was able to get back to a command line, and test X. It
> turns oput I can only startx in 8 bit color or I get either Failed with
> signal 11 or no valid modes errors. I noticed In the announcment message that
> the X server will no longer run in 32 bit, but I am trying 16 bit and 24 bit
> as suggested, but with no success. Any suggestions would be greatly
> apprecaited as 8 bit looks gross with WindowMaker.
>
> Thanks all!
>
>
> - --
> Neil Jolly
>
--
Hugh Caley, Unix Administrator
Babcock & Brown, San Francisco
510-524-1672
hughc@babcockbrown.com
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1999-09-24 5:11 Hugh Caley [this message]
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1999-09-24 22:33 XFree86 3.3.5 Patrick Callahan
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1999-09-20 19:24 ` Tom Rini
1999-09-20 22:21 ` Tom Rini
1999-09-24 3:35 ` Neil Jolly
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