Re: still stuck xf86config

Chad Huneycutt <[email protected]> Mon, 07 Oct 2002 09:10:58 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.linux.gentoo.newbies
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Kerin Millar wrote:

<XF86Config Screen Section snipped>

> Stirling advice. Just dropping this reply in for Wilson to mention that,
> if possible, you should set your "DefaultDepth" to 32 or 24 so that you
> get so-called "Truecolor" for a photo-realistic colour palette and the
> perfect display of images. 32/24-bit modes should give you the same
> amount of colours but the pixel formats are different and some cards
> force you to use 24-bit instead of 32-bit. I think the only reason you
> would not want to have these modes is if you have a really old
> video-card and you need to preserve VRAM and get more performance.

Or if you have a laptop display that can't do any better anyway :-). 
Honestly, I don't notice the difference between 16 bit and the higher 
color depths.  And some programs balk on 24 and 32 bit color.

Chad