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Re: 16-bit colors in Linux (Re: 24 bit colors in IDL) [message #13543]

Thu, 19 November 1998 00:00

pit
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In article <MPG.10bd45cb18a90ddc989685@news.frii.com>,
davidf@dfanning.com (David Fanning) writes:

> As I understand it, XFree86 servers only support 8
> and 16 bit color. You *don't* want to use 16-bit color
> because it is NOT supported at all by IDL. I'd shell
> out the $25 or whatever and get a Linux driver from
> someone who has written a driver for your particular
> graphics card. You probably really want 24-bit color.

No, not true. Almost all XFree86 Servers do support true color modes.
I'm running here 1152x864@32bpp on a Matrox Millennium G200.
So better put the money in a fast Graphics card :-)

Peter

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