140 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User’s Guide •March 2004
1. Open a Terminal window and log in as root.
2. Open the file /usr/dt/config/Xservers in a text editor and edit the last line of
the fileso that it appears as follows:
3. Save and close the file.
4. Type the following command to find out the current resolution setting:
5. Type the following command to set the display to 24-bit color:
Usethe resolution setting that was returned by the command m64config -prconf.
For example, type: m64config -depth 24 -res 1152x900x76.
6. Type the following command to confirm that the depth of the root window has
changed to 24 planes:
7. Restart the system.
External Video Resolutions
TABLEA-4 shows the external VGA display resolutions that SunPCi III software
supports. For best results, increase the amount of available video memory from
8 Mbytes (the default) to 32 Mbytes. Tomake this change, refer to “Running Game
Software on the SunPCi III Platform” on page199.
Note – Remember that increasing your video memory decreases the amount of
available system memory.Refer to “Increasing System Memory” on page 197 for
more information.
:0 Local local_uid@console root /usr/openwin/bin/Xsun :0
-nobanner -dev /dev/fb defdepth 24
#m64config -prconf
#m64config -depth 24 -res current-resolution-setting
#xdpyinfo