On Sat, 9 Dec 2000, Leonard den Ottolander wrote:
> Hi Nitebirdz,
>
> > Subsection "Display"
> > Depth 16
> > Modes "1024x768" "640x480" "800x600" "1280x1024"
> > ViewPort 0 0
> > EndSubsection
> >
> > Only problem is I never saw it work right in Red Hat Linux 6.x, for
> > instance. As far as I can remember, Debian does this in a much better
> > way since there is a "default" line in the same XF86Config file where
> > you can specify your preferred default resolution.
>
> How come this doesn't work for you? This works fine for me. The only thing is
> that if X can't find an appropriate modeline (fe your videocard/monitor can't
> handle 1280x1024) the matching mode gets dropped. But this is not a RedHat
> issue.
> Did you ever try using this "default" line in a XF86Config file for RedHat?
> Or is this a Debian hack? Could you supply us with an example? Where do we put
> this "default" option? In the display section?
>
Actually, after I sent the message I took some time to dig out the
information, and it seems to be working fine now. I only had to add the
following line to the "/etc/X11/XF86Config" file:
DefaultColorDepth 16
It was a slightly different syntax in Debian. I'm pretty sure that Debian
would have also taken this one though.
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