X only runs at 8bit (config included)

Crisis · l33t Joined: 10 Feb 2003 Posts: 613 Location: Portland, OR

Well I had a gentoo desktop box running for a very long time and it was fine, but I had to reformat and didnt get to backup my config, and now I can't get X to run in anything but 8bit. I created the default file, but can't seem to get it the way it used to be. One thing I noticed in the file is the part about the card being PCI when it is actually AGP... If you have any ideas, I'd appreciate it! Here is my file:

tomchuk · Guru Joined: 23 Mar 2003 Posts: 317 Location: Brooklyn, NY

You need a "DefaultDepth" in your screen section. like:

tomchuk · Guru Joined: 23 Mar 2003 Posts: 317 Location: Brooklyn, NY

...and where did you get that XF86Config? It seems somewhat off. This should probably work much better:

Crisis · l33t Joined: 10 Feb 2003 Posts: 613 Location: Portland, OR

Well I was able to get higher depths to work, but only at 640x480

The command I used to make the config was:

/usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 -configure

jcc · Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 3:57 am Post subject:

run 'xf86config' as root, read the questions, answer them. it'll work. There's no screen resolution defined nowhere in your file, that's not so surprising that xfree won't be guessing your prefered one. All those automated tools really don't help in the long run... :)

ps: the config file you're using right now looks more like an useless skeleton to me... really screw that up quickly :)

Crisis · l33t Joined: 10 Feb 2003 Posts: 613 Location: Portland, OR

xf86config is what I used the first time but I couldn't get that config file to work at all which is when I went searching. I was using generic video card drives though as I was not sure what I had, I am trying it again as [sis] so I will see if that works when I get home.