From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <37EB07F9.CBECEF6E@loomer.com> Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 22:11:24 -0700 From: Hugh Caley MIME-Version: 1.0 To: njolly@home.com, linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: XFree86 3.3.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: 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 ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/