No GUI in Mandrake 7.2 installation

[Collins]

On Sat, 30 Mar 2002 23:03:06 -0800 (PST) Net Llama <beemer9 at yahoo.com>
wrote:> > On Sat, 30 Mar 2002 23:10:43 -0500
> > Lee <rathaus at gtcom.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > Under the impression that Linux doesn't support 24 bit color.
> 
> Granted, i'm coming into this thread late, but unless i missed
> something, the above statement is wrong on many levels.  For starters,
> Linux (the kernel) doesn't support any color, as it doesn't have a
> clue about colors.  That's what you have an X server for, or at the
> very least a curses package.
> 
> That said, XFree86 has supported 24 bit color for at least 4 years
> (that's as far back as I've used it).
> 
> Now, i'm sure that there are prolly some videocards and/or drivers
> that may not support 24bit color, however that has nothing to do with
> Linux either.

Ditto.  Tell it to my X which runs in 24bit mode all the time (Intel
I810 card).


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