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Topic: Can't get 256 Colors... SOLO 2100, Everything just goes purple.

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Servo888

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Posted: Aug. 26 2005,17:16

Well I'm quite happy with how DSL is functioning - it's very fast! Currently I have it running on my SOLO 2100, 120Mhz, 24MB laptop. It's nothing special, I bought it for 10 bucks - and have been wanting to get it to 'run' properly. The issue I'm having is that I can't get 256 colors, 8 bit. When I start X with 8 bits of color everything turns a very dark purple, and all the images just end up looking purple (you can't really make them out). If I switch down to 4bit (16 color) everything looks better, and not hued.

The VGA adapter is a Cirrus Logic GD 7548, if that helps.

SaidinUnleashed Offline

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Posted: Aug. 26 2005,17:28

Have you tried using one of the vga=xxx codes to force a video mode?

Press F3 on the screen with the boot: prompt to see the full list of mode codes.

-J.P.

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