thanks to: Tony Walsh <Tony.Walsh@Sun.COM> Mortensen, Henrik <henrik.mortensen@csfb.com> my org. issue was: ----------> was looking for a way to switch my frame buffer (Ultra5) to depth 24 using something like: m64config -res 1280x1024x85 -depth 24 but it fails saying I haven't enough memory for depth 24! I found some descriptions on the web containig steps for switching into the desired mode but they all fail - I even can't switch to depth 24 at all - only having 800x600 resolution! What's the problem? Are those docus like http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/CC/workstations/Solaris/ultra5-10_24bit _video.html incorrect? <--------- I seem to have a very old machine with a very old on-board graphic. Look at what people who have replied wrote - there are very exact infos. Tony wrote: ---------> Thare are four different parts used for motherboards in the Ultra 5/10 range as in the following table. The oldest board being PN 375-0009 only has 2MB of video memory on it. The other three boards each have 4MB video on board. The maximum resolution you can get from these boards with 4Mb video RAM is 1152x900@76Mhz at 24 bits depth. If you happen to have the 375-0009 motherboard, then you are limited to no more than 800x600@60Mhz to get 24 bit depth, but even then you will see other problems with colour when that is the case. The best solution to your colour depth problem is to install a PGX64 PCI video card into the machine and use that as your main output device. SERVICE CODE CPU ------- -------- None 375-0009 PGX24 375-0066 PGX24 375-0079 SR PGX24 375-0066 SR PGX24 375-0079 SERIES 3 375-0079 B SERIES 3 375-0115 C SERIES 3 375-0079 BC SERIES 3 375-0115 BCD SERIES 3 375-0115 <------------- Henrik wrote: -------------> the old 270MHz U5s had pgx8 cards instead of pgx24; it will say on a label on the case if you have pgx24. As far as I remember, pgx24 hasn't got enough RAM to do 1280x1024x24 (3.8MB) anyway. <------------ rgds Pavlo Baron _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagersReceived on Sun Dec 9 04:48:10 2001
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