> > y0: > x wont disply higher than 4bpp. i'm use to typing 'startx -- -bpp 16' in > slack, but when i type that in debian, i get 'error: bpp: unknown option'. > i've alao tried changing my defualt line in /etc/XF86Config to 8, or 16, > but it always stays at 4bpp ...any ideas?
It sounds like the you are using the vga16 xserver, which only has a depth of 4. have a look at the first line of /etc/X11/Xserver. Does it say /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_VGA16? Then see if the server you need is installed (what kind of video card do you have?). The following command lists the xservers present on your system: ls -l /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_* If the correct server is there, and you ran XF86Setup correctly for your hardware, then edit the first line of /etc/X11/Xserver, and change it into the correct server. I came across the same problem when doing a fresh debian 2.0 installation. I am not quite sure that the CDROM was burnt OK (problems with the CD-writer were the reason for a fresh reinstall), but the xserver packages gave errors on installation, and I had to download new ones. I don't seem to remember that on installation it asks whether I wanted the new xserver to be the default, as it used to in 1.3. Is this a bug, or the result of a not-so-fine CDROM I appear to have? Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054
