On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 14:20:11 -0600, Kenny Gow <kgfedora@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Les Mikesell wrote: > > On Thu, 2005-01-13 at 13:45, Aleksandar Milivojevic wrote: > > > > > >>Check the settings for monitor. You probably have your monitor set to > >>"generic" or something incorect. You will be shown only resolutions > >>that both your graphics card *and* monitor support. If you are using > >>Gnome, try selecting "System Settings -> Display" from GNOME menues, > >>than click on "Hardware" tab (I guess this is the same GUI you already > >>used). If your monitor is not listed, just select one from the "Generic > >>CRT" or "Generic LCD" lists (in your case 1280x1024 one, I guess). > > > > > > No: if I go to 256 colors it will go higher, but not at 'thousands of > > colors'. > > [snip] RESOLUTION = WIDTH x HEIGHT = 1280 x 1024 = 1310720 COLOR_DEPTH (256 colors) = COLOR_CHANNELS x BITS_PER_PIXEL = 3 x BITS_PER_PIXEL = 3 x 8 bits_per_pixel = 3 bytes_per_pixel RESOLUTION x COLOR_DEPTH <= VIDEO MEMORY 1280 x 1024 x 3 = 3,932,160 bytes <= 4 MB Do the math!
