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J. Erik Hemdal wrote:
|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 | |-------- |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 | Erik:
I've worked on a number of Dell laptops and desktops with the shared video memory issue, especially with RedHat (8, 9 and AS 2.1). The solution is definitely a BIOS update. Once installed, bump up the shared memory as high as you can (at least 8MB - that's what it was on the OptiPlex machines) and X should be fine.
Adam Klein
- -- Adam L. Klein <alklein at integraonline dot com>
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