Fabio Coatti wrote:
>
> On Tue, Mar 09, 1999 at 10:47:12PM -0600, Matt Stegman wrote:
> > Hi, my name is Matt and I recently downloaded Mandrake Linux. I
> > successfully installed it, but now am having problems configuring my
> > X-server. It runs fine, but only in 8-bit color (my video card can support
> > 32-bit). I have run xconf a few times, and finally found how to change the
> > deafult resolution for each color depth, but I cannot seem to find any
> > utility to change color depth. The KDE control panel does not have any
> > modules for this that I can find. Can someone help me?
> > Thanks,
>
> A small advice, valid for everyone: when asking for help, please include
> *all* useful informations.
>
> In this case, ve have to know, at least, which is your card.
Actually, we probably don't.
In the short term, you can use 'startx -- -bpp <X>', where X is 8, 15,
16, 24, or 32 (most of those should work, it's possible that some won't
because of /etc/X11/XF86Config).
In the long term, this is covered on the Mandrake Linux homepage under
the FAQ section.
--
Steve Philp
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
