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[Chris Aitken]

Chris Aitken wrote:

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> BTW, when I change the above DefaultDepth to 8, my monitor can't 
> handle it - it looks as if linux is trying different modes then 
> finally drops me to command line. Then I just go into 
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf and reset DefaultDepth to 16 and everything goes 
> back to normal. Is it possible that my monitor simply can't dumb down 
> to depth 8?
Maybe I don't have the right modes listed for Depth 8:

EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     8
                Modes    "1280x800" "1280x1024"
        EndSubSection

I just grabbed those modes off the Internet somewhere (not too 
scientific). I tried other lower modes ("1024x768" "800x600" "640x480") 
buthtey didn't work either.

1. I enter those modes into /etc/X11/xorg.conf (since depth 8 is not 
even offered inthe  GUI system-config-display), and set DefaultDepth to 
8, and Enter :wq! to write and quit.
2. I hit Ctrl+Alt+Backspace
3. I can see X trying various modes (the logon prompt (looking good) 
even flashes on the screen between each mode it tries). One time I even 
saw a monitor error flash onscreen something like "Out of Range".
4. I finally have to hit Ctrl+Alt+F3 to drop into command line.
5. As root, I go in and edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf, reset DefaultDepth to 16.
6. shutdown -r now reboots the PC and I'm back into linu (depth 16).

Maybe I have the modes wrong beside 'Modes' in 'Depth 8'. So, what are 
the modes I can list there?

Chris

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