mac on linux video and console mode

[Samuel Rydh]

On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 06:19:44PM -0500, Jason Blome wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  I just installed yellow dog 2.3 and mac-on-linux 0.9.65 on my new 
> powerbook G4 and so far I'm really happy with the results.  Mac-on-linux 
> seems to work fine in full-screen mode, but the window that pops up on the 
> linux desktop displays the message "This video mode might be unsupported by 
> the X-driver, Press space to switch to console mode."  So when I press 
> space, I get the full screen mol and it runs fine, but I would really like 
> to have mol within a window on my linux desktop like I have seen in so many 
> screenshots.  Thanks in advance for any advice you might have.
> 
This happens because the depth of the X-server is different than
the depth MacOS is using. If you change the depth in MacOS,
then mol-in-a-window will work.

Note than changing the depth in /etc/mol/molrc.video has very little
effect (basically, it only affects the startup splash).

/Samuel