On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, Rajnish Tiwari wrote:
> 
>       Is there a way to determine what colour depth X-Windows
>       is running at?? 

xwininfo - and select the root window (or anywhere really) with the crosshairs

the output will include 'Depth: xx' where xx is the number of bits-per-pixel.

>If it is not running at a desired colour
>       depth, then is there a way to force it use a particular depth ??
>       (I have configured xdm to run at startup).

in /etc/XF86Config (or whereever it is), set the DefaultColorDepth to the
desired value of bpp (it is located in the 'Section "Screen"' section).

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Cheers,
Jim.
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