On Monday 04 November 2002 07:12, Wathen, Metherion wrote: > Hi all, > How do I set up X to default to 16 bit color depth? > > Im running Debian Potato 2.2 and am running the version of XFree that > shipped with it. (sorry dont remember xf86 version #). I've tried to add > the line "DefaultColorDepth 16" to my XConfig file but the server just > croaks on it. In fact I didn't see anything that indicated what the default > color depth was. :{ > My video is on-board Cirrus Logic 543x with 1Mb ram (yeah I know not a lot > but should be able to do 16bit @ 800x600, at least) > > Thanks in advance, > mw.
login on the console and do: startx -- -depth 16 if that fails, you need to tweak your X setup. Section "Screen" Identifier "Primary" Device "MatroxG450 Primary" Monitor "PanaSync/Pro P110 Left" DefaultDepth 16 SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" EndSubSection EndSection see how I have a Depth section for 8, 16 and 24. If you do not have a section for the depth you want you can not use it. If I try to use 32 on my setup it fails. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]