Noob problem- poor graphicsForum: X and Fluxbox Topic: Noob problem- poor graphics started by: bravo-uniform-golf Posted by bravo-uniform-golf on May 28 2006,07:03
Hi guys,erm.. well, so I decided to install DSL cos I had some parts laying aorund, PC specs r Pentium 75MHz, 64MB ram, 1.5GB hdd, pci vga... so, it works all fine, I can access net by DHCP, everything's okay, but I have problems with graphics... I dont know how to work it in 32bit mode... I choose from the xvesa setup the 1024x768 32bit, but it wont work... the resoultion is okay, but the mode is always in 8bit (256 colors).... how can I get it work in 32bit? I thought it was due to the PCI card I have (S trio 64V+) but that card normally worked on 2nd pci without any problem on the same screen setup... any ideas and/or help? Btw, in every browser I run, my background is always black... eg. www.google.com is all black background, is it possible somehow to get normal white background? thats all, thanks a lot.. bb btw- is there somewhere a solid DSL tutorial? Not the wiki sites or smthg else, a tutorial only... Posted by kerry on May 28 2006,08:31
oops
Posted by kerry on May 28 2006,08:32
Black background? Firefox? look in preferences> content >color , what is your background set to?
Posted by bravo-uniform-golf on May 28 2006,09:54
no... it doesnt help.. it isnt just firefox..almost every 2nd window I open its black backgorund...can sum1 help me with this color depth plz? how to put it in 32bit mode? ty Posted by pr0f3550r on May 28 2006,10:22
modify .xserverc and restart x
Posted by bravo-uniform-golf on May 28 2006,11:00
okay, it works... but when i run xvesa I have max mode 800x600... how can i get 1024x768just found out a new one problem... I have this old ISA soundcard.. with opti 16 chip... when I boot dsl it finds me normally the soundcard and the driver (mad16) but I dont have any sound... where should I look at? bb Posted by bravo-uniform-golf on May 28 2006,12:53
mistake: with sndconfig I herat hat sound sample, but when playing music I cant hear nothing.. using xMMS
Posted by humpty on May 29 2006,09:12
if you google s3 trio 64 and linux, the card doesn't have a goodreputation with X servers. the max colors looks like 8bit for 1024x768 cos you just have 1M ram. e.g < http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2002/02/msg01952.html > maybe try the xfbdev frame-buffer mode from xsetup.sh? |