Re: Problem with XWINDOS

[Jay Estabrook digital com]

>>> Miguel Avillez said:
> 
> The problem I have has to do with resolution of the video card, but need
> some help.
> 
> I have a Matrox Millenium 4 MB, A monitor SONY Multiscan 400PS which can
> do 1600x1280. I am Running RH-6.0 for Alpha in a Digital PWS 600au, and
> XFree86-3.3.5-1
> 
> When I try to observe any grey-scale image with gv or xdvi, I am unable to
> observe any detail at all. The maximum I get is black and white areas in
> the image. similar effect happens for color images.

Are you running at 16-bit depth?

Check this by inspecting the output of "xdpyinfo".

Start the Xserver via "startx -- -bpp 16", after first making sure you
have 16-bit depth configured into /etc/X11/XF86Config.

--Jay++

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