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Re: X Server Locks Up at 16 bpp



On Tue, Apr 14, 1998 at 12:26:19AM -0500, David Densmore wrote:
> I have a Diamond Speedstar Pro and am running the svga server.
> 
> VGA: chipset:  clgd5429
> SVGA: videoram: 1024k
> 
> When I try:
> 
> startx -- -bpp 16
> 
> the screen locks up and the colors are strange (black screen, odd green
> lines at top of screen).   After a couple of minutes I can move the mouse
> around the screen as long as I don't move it over the xterm window, at
> which time it locks up again.
> 
> I can run at -bpp 8 ok.
> 
> Can anyone tell me how to fix this?

I don't know what is wrong exactly, but the output from startx might be
usefull.. run it as startx -- -bpp 16 1>>out 2>>out wait a bit, then press
CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE (should quit X) then look at the file out, it might
provide some clues..

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