Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!rice!sun-spots-request From: josh@cadnetix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Re: How to discover screen depth Message-ID: <8811181805.AA12286@thorn.cadnetix.COM> Date: 1 Dec 88 17:22:30 GMT Sender: usenet@rice.edu Organization: Rice University, Houston, Texas Lines: 26 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu Original-Date: Fri, 18 Nov 88 11:05:43 MST X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 32, message 6 of 17 Here is a code fragment that determines the depth of a screen: #include... Pixrect *screen; ... /* open frame buffer */ if ((screen = pr_open("/dev/fb")) == 0) error("Can't open screen!\n"); if (screen->pr_depth == 1) { /* Black and white screen */ } else if (screen->pr_depth == 8) { /* 8 Bit (gray scale or color) */ } else { error("Weird monitor depth: %d\n", screen->pr_depth); } ... Joshua Goldstein UUCP: cadnetix!josh Cadnetix Corp. {uunet,boulder,sunpeaks}!cadnetix!josh 5775 Flatiron Pkwy Boulder, CO 80301