On Tue, 18 Mar 1997 14:03:26 CST d. nathan hood ([EMAIL PROTECTED]
u) wrote:

> now for the question...
> i am using xdm to launch an x-server as soon as i boot the machine, this
> x-server starts in 8 bit color, and i don't seem to be able to get it to
> switch to 16 bit color no matter how hard i try. (the card is a #9FX Motion
> 771 w/ 2mb of ram so it will support the higher colordepth) 

To do this, modify /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers and change the line:
        :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X
to:
        :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X -bpp 16

Phil.

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