On May 16 at 08:54, Jenkins, Steven spoke: > Hello, > > I hate to ask what may be a trivial problem but here goes. I have Linux > Mandrake 8.2 installed on a Gateway Solo 9100 Laptop. Everything is ok but I > can't seem to get the color to come out. It seems as if it's in 256 colors. > I read through the site and tried to configure xf86config but have had no > success in getting the color at a higher resolution. Try »startx -- -(depth|bpp) 24« from the console. Search for depth in the XFree86 manpage. Try putting DefaultDepth 24 into the Section "Screen" in /etc/X11/XF86Config. -Hanspeter