In your XF86Config file under Section screen add DefaultColorDepth 16 just like the Monitor or BlankTime entry except there are no paren's around numbers in this file.
example: Section "Screen" Driver "svga" DefaultColorDepth 16 BlankTime 45 Make sure you don't remove the 8 bit depth section. It has to be there even if it's not used for fallback and X_Server will let you know it. On Tue, 22 Apr 1997, Heiko Schlittermann wrote: > On Apr 22, Anthony Dien Yiu Cheng wrote > : Hello all, > : > : How to start 16bpp in xdm? I know how to do in in startx. But I prefer > : to access X window using xdm and everytime I start xdm and it > : automatically set it to 8bpp. > : > : Your help is greatly appreciated. > : > > Edit /etc/X11R6/xdm/XServers and add ``-bpp 16'' to the approbiate line. > > > Heiko > -- > email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > pgp : A1 7D F6 7B 69 73 48 35 E1 DE 21 A7 A8 9A 77 92 > finger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --Rick [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .