That's fine if I used startx, but I run xdm, this best solution I have seen so far is starting the server on another console.
-Matt- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://169.244.227.129 MSAD#40 Home Page http://169.244.227.129/ss/ MVHS Seed Savers Project +--------------------------------------------------+ | *To see tomorrow's PC, Look at todays Macintosh* | | * Debian GNU/Linux http://www.debian.org * | +--------------------------------------------------+ On Fri, 21 May 1999, dyer wrote: > > > Matt Kopishke wrote: > > > I have a small question about XF86 and color bit depths. I have my > > machine running a 32 bit color at the moment, but some times I I would > > like to change it to 16 bit for the ocational game of Quake, is there a > > easy way to do this with out editing the config file. I know you can set > > X up with multipul resolution and you can switch using the ctrl-alt-+/- > > key combinations, I would like to be able to do the same thing only with > > colors. > > thanks, > > > > > > kill the xserver and use: > startx -- -bpp 16 > > dyer > >