With 2MB , you a line in your XF86Config that only includes lower
resolutions. The X Sever will ignore any lines that try to much
resolution and too many colors simultaneously. Maybe this is your
answer...
On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Will Lowe wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, John Boggon wrote
On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, John Boggon wrote:
> Have already done this. xdm is installed and working. I figured I'd try and
> get X to start in 16bp before I tried to configure xdm to do the same.
To set it to permanently use 16 bpp instead of 8, edit
/etc/X11/XF86Config and find the "Depth" setting f
> How do I start X using more than 8bp ?
>
>startx -- -bpp {16|24|32}
>
Thank you.
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How do I start X using more than 8bp ?
startx -- -bpp {16|24|32}
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>To get xdm working, first you have to install it. During installation it
>should ask you if you want to automatically start xdm at boot time.
>Alternatively, xdm is started out of /etc/init.d/xdm. Follow the indicated
>files and you will see what you are missing. Make sure you have run
>xf86conf
Peter
-Original Message-
From: John Boggon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Debian User
Date: Wednesday, January 14, 1998 6:11 AM
Subject: More colors in X
>How do I start X using more than 8bp ?
>
>I've tried
>startx -bpp16
>startx --bpp16
>
How do I start X using more than 8bp ?
I've tried
startx -bpp16
startx --bpp16
going thru all the startup and config scripts I could find
reading how-to's and man pages
hiring a witchdoctor
No luck..
I'm using the X-F
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