Hey thanks thats just what I was looking for, I had thatfile open, but
didn't see that.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, May 08, 1999 3:26 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Batch commands
> On Sat, May 08, 1999 at 02:52:28PM -0400, Luke Vandervort wrote:
> > Is there an equivalent to the dos batch commands in linux?
> > I would like to start x windows with the following command but do not
want to type the whole thing everytime.
> >
> > startx -- -bpp 16
> >
>
> A couple ways to do this...
>
> First, if you want to use that for just your own user, create an alias in
> ~/.profile like this:
>
> alias startx="startx -- -bpp 16"
>
> If you want to modify it for all users (really, just make it the default
> startup condition for the X server), you'll want to add something to
> /etc/X11/XF86Config. It goes in the Display Section (the last sections)
of
> the X server that you're using (there are probably three of them listed in
> the file). Just add a line:
>
> DefaultColorDepth 16
>
> so it'll look something like this:
>
> Section "Screen"
> Driver "svga"
> Device "My Video Card"
> Monitor "My Monitor"
> DefaultColorDepth 32
> Subsection "Display"
> Depth 8
> Modes "1280x1024"
> EndSubsection
> Subsection "Display"
> Depth 16
> Modes "1280x1024"
> EndSubsection
> Subsection "Display"
> Depth 32
> Modes "1280x1024"
> EndSubsection
> EndSection
>
> Good luck!
> --
> Steve Philp
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
