From: wolff@liberator.et.tudelft.nl (Rogier Wolff) Subject: Re: XFree 1.2 and 64-gray-scale LCD display Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1993 16:23:47 GMT
dwex@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (david.e.wexelblat) writes:
>In article <1993Feb16.121518.17488@csi.uottawa.ca> dmeggins@aix1.uottawa.ca (6850) writes:
>> I am running Linux on a Samsung NoteMaster 386SX, with a 640x480 LCD
>> display capable of displaying 64 shades of gray (it is VGA, but when
>> I boot Linux, the word "EGAc" appears). Will I be able to use the
>> colour server in the new release of XFree (1.2), or am I still
>> limited to Xmono? How can I find out what VGA card I have in my
>> machine? Thanks for any help.
>>
>>
>> David
>Mono only. The color server supports 8-bit color modes only.
Nope. All VGA cards use a max 6 bit color DACs. They have upto 8 bits that
go into the (upto 256 entry) color-lookup-table, which has entries that
contain 3 times 6 bits.
Roger.
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