Re: tlug: Aptiva 520 - 486 DX4 100MHz

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

>>>>> "jb" == Jonathan Byrne <jq@example.com> writes:

    jb> Tony Laszlo (laszlo@example.com) wrote:

    >> that xwindows will run with the following configuration:
    >> "1024x768x8" (I think the person is a bsd afficionado,
    >> however...x is x?).

X is not X; different vendors have servers tweaked in different ways.
However AFAIK XFree86 is the usual vendor for both Linux and *BSD.

    jb> The last 8 refers to a color depth of 8 bpp, AKA 8-bit color.
    jb> This can get gross, but I suppose it's good enough for a

Bah.  If people would tune their bloody icons instead of demanding
thousands of colors it mostly wouldn't be a problem.  I guess this is
progress though....  (Color me colorless.  What can I say, I'm a
text-oriented kinda guy.)

    jb> server.  As an alternative, you might want to go down to 800 x
    jb> 600 x 16 instead.

I wouldn't, unless the only app you plan to run is the GIMP.

    jb> Look for Xconfigurator in /usr/X11R6/bin/Xconfigurator (if you
    jb> have a TL system; RH and its clones are probably in the same
    jb> place).  If you don't have it, the more basic xf86config
    jb> should be in the same place.

Or XF86Setup, which is more reliable than Xconfigurator in my
experience, although not as pretty.


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