How to increase color depth on an Intel 845GL-based system

[Atul Chitnis]

On Sun, 18 Jan 2004, Erik Hemdal wrote:

> My laptop uses the Intel 845GL chipset, and I'm unable to get it to run
> X in anything other than 256-color mode.

The desktop I use in office is an 845GL based machine, and I have no
problems getting into 24-bit mode - all I needed to do was set teh BIOS 
option to increase shared memory from 1 MB to 8 MB.

The issue is more likely your notebook itself, or rather its BIOS. If you 
could let us know what notebook (make/model) it is, someone could possibly 
help you further.

If this is an IBM thinkpad, you might also want to check on the Linux 
Thinkpad list (http://linux-thinkpad.org).

Atul

-- 
-------------------------------------------
Atul Chitnis       | achitnis at exocore.com
Exocore Consulting | http://www.exocore.com
Bangalore, India   | +91 (80) 344-0397
-------------------------------------------