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Re: 16-bit color



I only have 8 MB of RAM, and I did define the linear 
address buffer to begin at 14MB, as instructed.

I do have 16 MB of virtual memory though, could this 
be causing addressing clashes?

Should I resize virtual memory to 13.9 MB or 
something?

DB

Matan Ziv-av wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 21 Apr 1996, Daniel Baum wrote:
> 
> > It seems I do have a problem with the 16-bit color
> > after all.
> > Although X is now working at 800x600 in 65000 colors,
> > when I switch out of X to a virtual terminal, X
> > crashes immediately.
> 
> If you have 16M ram (or more), that is probably the cause.
> You said you have a cirrus logic card. 16-bit color works with CL
> only in linear address mode, and most 5428 have their linear
> frame buffer at 14M, that collides with the system memory.
> 
> Matan Ziv-Av      matan@actcom.co.il