8-bit color in XFree86

Shantanoo Mahajan freebsd at dhumketu.cjb.net
Thu Jan 1 18:20:49 PST 2004


+++ Eric F Crist [freebsd] [01-01-04 12:23 -0600]:
| Hello again all, and Happy New Year!
| 
| I'm trying to configure a system for my buddy who has an nVidia 440 MX video 
| card.  For some reason XFree86 will only do 8-bit color.  Anyone tell me how 
| to get it to do 24-bit color?
| 
| TIA
| -- 
| Eric F Crist
| AdTech Integrated Systems, Inc
| (612) 998-3588

check out /etc/X11/XF86Config

Shantanoo


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