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RE: Black Screen - 2
- To: <cygwin-xfree at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Subject: RE: Black Screen - 2
- From: "Suhaib Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 09:40:47 -0400
> > Do you mean it turn off your monitor?
>
> Exactly.
This because you are using 256, I think
>
> > Are you using one of those LCD flat-panel display?
>
> No.
>
>
> >BTW: 1200x768x256 <---is wrong. There is 256 pixeldepth?
> >How about 1200x768x8
>
> 1200x768x256: 256 colors, I really don't know what pixeldepth to use
> beacuase I don't know what the meaning of pixeldepth is (but thi
> is another
> problem, I think)
use
First try only
xwin :0
This starts with default.
you can also try
xwin -srceen 8 1204x768x8 &
You can get help about pixeldepth etc using command
xwin -help
>
> Should the server work wichever the desktop Windows resolution is ?
At the moment NO. It might be in the next release.
Suhaib
> Many Thanks againg, Suhaib.
> federico
>