[H-GEN] Windowmaker under debian on a Toshiba Tecra

Greg Vickers greg at village.com.au
Mon Jun 28 18:38:30 EDT 1999


(Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs Greg Vickers <greg at village.com.au>)

Byron Ellacott wrote:
> 
> (Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs Byron Ellacott <bellacott at hotmail.com>)
> 
> >black. The laptop has a DSTN screen and a Chips n Tech 65550 Display with 2
> >Mb
> >ram. The display is running 1024 * 768 * 24 Anyone? Anyone? ... Buler
> 
> yeeahh, well, if we do some basic math, we can find your problem.
> 
> 1024 * 768 == 786432
> 
> 786432 * 3 == 2359296
> 
> 2,359,296 / 1024 = 2304
> 
> 2,304 / 1024 = 2.25
> 
> hmmm.
> 
> this is saying that to store 3 bytes of colour information (that's 24 bits)
> per pixel, for 1024 pixels across by 768 pixels down, you need *at least*
> 2.25mb of video memory.
> 
> Houston, we have a problem.
> 
> Try a lower res and/or colour depth.

Hmm - I was only using 16 bit color - I'll dig further...

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