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Subject: Re: [aclug-L] video problems?
From: alx@xxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 16:07:54 -0500 (CDT)
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On Thu, 20 Aug 1998, Jesse Kaufman wrote:

> ok, as i mentioned b4, i'm a newbie, so i don't completely have the hang of 
> linux, yet...  i'm on my 4th install of Caldera OpenLinux, and i have had 
> problems with video display.  for one, everything is INCREDIBLY tiny... i 
> would like a nice 1024x768 display w/ a desktop size of the same.  how do i 
> do this?

If you are using XFree86 the xf86config utility should let you set your
video preferences.

> also, i've been getting errors about this or that cannot display Gray<number> 
> or Blue<number>...what is the cause of this?  often when i run GIMP, i get 
> these errors...

It just means you are out of colors... increasing your color depth should
fix it... 

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