How to increase color depth on an Intel 845GL-based system --__--__-- Message: 26 Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 11:48:55 +0530 (IST) From: Atul Chitnis <achitnis@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: How to increase color depth on an Intel 845GL-based system Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx 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. Atul -------- Hi Atul: Thanks for the quick answer. I suspect you are right. I have no BIOS option to increase video memory, and the "unsupported option" error happens right after the system tries to expand video RAM. I have a Dell Inspiron 1100 running Dell's BIOS version A23. If it matters it's a USA machine (in case they alter the innards by market). I know that BIOS A26 is available, but I haven't upgraded. Dell's web site doesn't say anything about video fixes in A26. If anyone has an idea that might help, I'd be grateful. I want to do presentations on this machine, and 256 colors look really ugly. Thanks Erik
