Subject: RE: colors get crazy and my question
From: Paul Sommer (psommer@rsinc.com)
Date: Fri Mar 24 2000 - 07:48:59 MST
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erick Singley [SMTP:singley@clinpharm.niaaa.nih.gov]
> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 9:25 AM
> To: mol-general@lists.maconlinux.org
> Subject: Re: colors get crazy and my question
>
> >On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, Richard Bates wrote:
> >
> >}I'm new at this...
> >} How do I get X to change from 8 to 24 or 32 bit?
> >}
> >}Thank you in advance...
> >
> >I am not sure of your setup, so my answer may not be complete. If you
> >boot into console mode (text based login) and you have to launch X from
> >the command line, you have a couple options. If you use Xpmac, you do:
> >
> > $ startx -- -depth 8 15/16 24/32
> >
> >I can't remember if all of the issues were resolved with the 15/16 bit
> >colour depth, and ditto for 24/32. But try one of these 4 numbers (15,
> >16, 24, 32) and see. If you use XFree, you would do:
> >
> > $ startx -- -bpp ..... (same choice of numbers)
> >
> >To find you which you are using, take a look at /etc/X11/X (a symbolic
> >link) and see which X-server it points to.
> >
> >If you boot into a GUI login screen, you would have to look at the file
> >where these login managers are configured and edit those to start into X
> >at the right colour depth. Here, you may be using xdm, gdm (for Gnome)
> >or kdm (for KDE). I have not used any of these, and I don't how they're
> >configured. But I think the files for these would also be in /etc/X11
> >
> >HTH
> >vinai
>
> Also, running Xconfigurator from the command line will allow you to
> set up your X resolution if you're not using Xpmac (which ignores the
> XF86Config file) - I'm using the accelerated FX68_FBDev server
> mentioned in the "Blue G3 FAQ" at linucppc.org
>
> Although if I use Xconfigurator, I need to readjust the keyboard and
> mouse settings, manually, in XF86Config so my USB keyboard and mouse
> are recognized by X in this G4. ( as noted on
> http://people.a2000.nl/omoerbe/ ) Where does Xconfigurator keep
> getting its defaults from for the XkbKeycodes, Xkbmodel, etc settings
> when run so I can set them for mac settings? Maybe a lot of the
> issues I'm having are corrected in LinuxPPC 2000 for the G4... ;)
>
> OB MOL question -
>
> I would love to be able to use a program called FB Lab, which uses a
> hardware USB key ("dongle"). Currently my set up is CCD Camera
> (hooked up to a microscope) (serial) -> Keyspan serial->USB converter
> -> G4 (with hardware USB dongle on USB keyboard). This setup works
> under MacOS, but under MOL, something is not getting recognized; -
> but I can't tell from the error message - either the Dongle or the
> camera through the Keyspan adapter. The program refuses to run
> because of this (it needs the camera working, too) I'm guessing this
> is probably a problem on the linux side of things, not passing along
> info to the MOL. I'm going to try
> http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/devices.php3 's driver to see if it's
> the camera/keyspan side of things, but I'm not quite sure what to do
> about the dongle. any suggestions?
> Erick
>
> The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new
> discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but "That's funny ..."
> -- Isaac Asimov
> singley@clinpharm.niaaa.nih.gov
>
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Does FB Lab provide any other licensing methods? You might ask them
if they can provide you with a software, node-locked type of license. This
will lock the product to your machine's Ethernet card and bypass the need
for the dongle. You'd still need the dongle on the MacOS side
-paul
psommer@rsinc.com
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