Re: [gdm-list] GDM color depth

[Brian Cameron <Brian Cameron Sun COM>]

Robert:

> Currently I have gdm running on a Solaris 10 sparc machine, and the 
> entire gdm-login screen is really pixulated, and I'm wondering if there 
> is any way to fix this.
>
> I do not remember if I'm part of the mailing list or not so if you could 
> please cc on any responses

This doesn't have anything to do with GDM.  The problem is most likely
that your graphics card is setup for 8 bits rather than 24 bits.

You can check this by running:

% xdpyinfo | grep "depth of root window"

If your graphics card allows 24-bit support, you can update your
graphics card configuration to allow 24-bits and it should look better:

Instructions on how to switch to 24-bit are here:

  http://yippi.hypermall.com/monitor_setup.html

If your graphics card doesn't support 24-bit, then you are out of luck
unless you want to buy a newer graphics card that does support it.

Brian