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[Chris Aitken]

Chris Aitken wrote:
> Chris Aitken wrote:
>
> <snip>
>> 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".
I forgot a step here:
3 (a).  If I let linux try all the modes, I get the following message:
The display server has been shut down about 6 times in the last 90 
seconds. It is likely that something bad is going on. Waiting for 2 
minutes before trying again on display :0
> 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
>
> <snip> 

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