Re: Stupid X question

2000-03-09 Thread Ron Rademaker
Edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config add the line: DefaultColorDepth 16 on the right place (Screen section if I recall right). Ron On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, Hausheer, Geoffrey wrote: How do I get X to automatically boot to 16bpp (or 24, or 32)? I have been using a '-bpp 16' switch on the command line (or

Stupid X question

2000-03-08 Thread Hausheer, Geoffrey
How do I get X to automatically boot to 16bpp (or 24, or 32)? I have been using a '-bpp 16' switch on the command line (or soetimes an alias), but what if I want to use xdm? I have looked through all of my linux documentation, howtos, faqs, man-pages, etc, but couldn't find this anywhere.

Re: Stupid X question

2000-03-08 Thread Armin Joellenbeck
On Wed, Mar 08, 2000 at 08:23:54AM -0800, Hausheer, Geoffrey wrote: How do I get X to automatically boot to 16bpp (or 24, or 32)? I have been using a '-bpp 16' switch on the command line (or soetimes an alias), but what if I want to use xdm? I have looked through all of my linux

Re: Stupid X question

2000-03-08 Thread Mark Wagnon
in 03/08/00 08:23AM, Hausheer, Geoffrey wrote: How do I get X to automatically boot to 16bpp (or 24, or 32)? I have been using a '-bpp 16' switch on the command line (or soetimes an alias), but what if I want to use xdm? I have looked through all of my linux documentation, howtos, faqs,

Re: Stupid X question

2000-03-08 Thread Marshal Wong
You have to edit /etc/X11/XF86Config. From my XF86config # The Colour SVGA server Section Screen Driver svga # Use Device Generic VGA for Standard VGA 320x200x256 #Device Generic VGA Device Voodoo3 (generic) Monitor My Monitor DefaultColorDepth 32 --