[x11] How to make the LCD show 24 bits colors

[John Klingler]

Luis,

If the depth actually is set to 16, there should be no problem with any 
colors.
That is something you would expect with 8 bpp.

Look at the xf86 startup log to see what depth it decided on or run 
xdpyinfo to see.

John

Luis Pablo Gasparotto wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I recently bought a ViewSonic VA1703wb. I can't find the way to make it
>show certain colors like light grays. I'm using an nVidia Riva TNT2
>Model 64. This a fragment of my xorg.conf:
>Section "Device"
>Identifier "nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro]"
>Driver "nvidia"
>Busid "PCI:1:0:0"
>Option "NoLogo" "True"
>Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "True"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Monitor"
>Identifier "VA1703wSERIE"
>Gamma 0.6
>Option "DPMS"
>Horizsync 24 - 70
>Vertrefresh 50 - 75
>modeline "1440x900" 106.5 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 903 909 934
>EndSection
>
>Section "Screen"
>Identifier "Default Screen"
>Device "nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro]"
>Monitor "VA1703wSERIE"
>Defaultdepth 16
>Option "DigitalVibrance" "50"
>SubSection "Display"
>Depth 1
>Modes "1440x900" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>EndSubSection
>SubSection "Display"
>Depth 4
>Modes "1440x900" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>EndSubSection
>SubSection "Display"
>Depth 8
>Modes "1440x900" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>EndSubSection
>SubSection "Display"
>Depth 15
>Modes "1440x900" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>EndSubSection
>SubSection "Display"
>Depth 16
>Modes "1440x900" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>EndSubSection
>SubSection "Display"
>Depth 24
>Modes "1440x900" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>EndSubSection
>SubSection "Display"
>Depth 32
>Modes "1440x900" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>EndSubSection
>EndSection
>
>Section "ServerLayout"
>Identifier "Default Layout"
>screen "Default Screen"
>Inputdevice "Generic Keyboard"
>Inputdevice "Configured Mouse"
>Inputdevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
>Inputdevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
>Inputdevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
>EndSection
>
>Section "DRI"
>Mode 0666
>EndSection
>
>I'll really appreciate any kind of help.
>
>Thank you in advance.
>
>Luis Pablo
>
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