Subject: Re: What about SetDisplay ... -c 24, -c 32 (16M in RISCOS) ?
To: None <port-arm32@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Marc Theisen <arcmt@uni-koblenz.de>
List: port-arm32
Date: 12/01/1999 18:56:18
> 
> > I have a riscpc SA110, 32Mo ram, 2Mo Vram.
> > The NetBSD is 1.4.1, the Xserver is XVIDC1.
> > who can explain to me why I can't use -c 24 or -c 32 (16M in RISCOS)with
> > setdisplay?
> > I try 'setdisplay -x 800 -y 600 -c 24 -v' and
> > I try 'setdisplay -x 800 -y 600 -c 32 -v'.
> > The system respond to me that it find a good mode in my MDF file.
> > When I run X, it return to the system with the message
> > of type : problem buffer 800 x 600 x 24(or 32).
> > In RISCOS these modes run OK!( 16M)
> > I don' understand why?
> 
> Have you tried explicitly setting the framerate too? (-f whatever, I
> think) because I have some oddities using 16bpp if I don't set a
> framerate too.

Hm, by the way: from where do I get 'setdisplay'?

It seems not to be included in the "X"-related packages of NetBSD 1.4.1 anymore.

Marc