Re: 32bit depth problem

On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 14:26 +0200, Stephan Joachim Stein wrote:
> hi folks,
> 
> Everything works fine but now my customer want to have a pxes-image with a
> solution from 1280 x 1024 x 32. It sounds really really simple but no
> image works.
> 
> Also with XFree3* as XFree 4.3...no machine can start the X-server. My
> real machine here with i810 check 32bit with any solution (640x480,
> 800x600, 1024x768). Everytime I got the same error.
> 
> "[...]
> Given depth (32) is not supported by i810 driver"

The i810 driver does not support 32 bit.  Use 24 bit.

> In my VMware Workstation 4.5.2 got the same problem: system could not
> start (I can't see the error because everything is blank). My customer
> tried with ATI-cards and a GeForce4... with the same result.
> 
> Is the general problem the 32bit depth or got XFree any problems?

32 bit depth is not supported on all cards.  I have no problem with it
on my Nvidia cards, but I also use the proprietary drivers with PXES.  I
recommend sticking with 24 bit if you're having issues.

-- 
Chris Gianelloni
Release Engineering - Strategic Lead/QA Manager
Games - Developer
Gentoo Linux

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