X Server does not work on RedHat 9 with more than 256 colors for Intel 865

[Bikram Assal]

I realized that in my BIOS settings I had video memory value 
as 1 MB instead of 8MB.

Thats the reason I was not able to increase the color depth.

It works fine now.

The BIOS version that I m using is A02.

Thanks for ur help.

- Bikram.


On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 09:37:36 +0000
 S Streif <zzb03ss at sheffield.ac.uk> wrote:
> Quoting Bikram Assal <bikram.assal at wku.edu>:
> 
> > I m running RedHat 9 on Dell GX270 with an inbuilt analog video card. DELL
> > 1800FP is the monitor with video card of type Intel 865.
> > 
> > Video Card Type = Intel 865
> > Memory = 32 MB
> > Driver = i810
> > 
> > I can only setup the resolution of 1024 X 768 with color depth of 256
> > colors.
> > 
> > If I try to use more than 256 colors, X server won't start.
> 
> Hello Bikram, 
> Check out this page: 
> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&threadid=118623&perpage=15&pagenumber=2
> 
> There seems to be a problem with the BIOS version. There also exists a patch to
> fix this problem (cf. http://www.chzsoft.com.ar/855patch.html ).
> 
> Good luck,
> Stefan
> 
> 
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- Bikram
Database Specialist, WKU
http://www.wku.edu/~bikram.assal/