Re: X color depth question

>From what I recall, in X3.3.6 TNT cards could not run above 16bpp mode. Mine (TNT1) ran fine at 16bpp mode however, so that was good enough for me. Now with X4.0.1, i have running in 1200x960 in 24bpp (Xfree86 server) so I can't complain at all. Oh, and I'm running the nVidia kernel and GLX supple

Re: X color depth question

"Ray Percival" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When I start X I get console messages that it is going into 8bpp > color depth but once it is up it does not look like 256. I have > tried commenting out everything but the 24 bit lines but then I get > errors. I think the problem is the x server. I am u

Re: X color depth

Umum Wijoyo wrote: > > Hello... > > How can I set my X color depth to be more than 8 bpp (say... like 16 or > 24)? > You can also specify color depth when starting X with something like "startx -- -bpp 24". You could then create an alias. Hard-coding it in XF86Config, as suggested previously,

RE: X color depth

ilto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 08 May 2000 16:07 > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: X color depth > > > Umum Wijoyo wrote: > > > Hello... > > > > How can I set my X color depth to be more than 8 bpp > (say... like 16 or > > 24)? >

Re: X color depth

Umum Wijoyo wrote: > Hello... > > How can I set my X color depth to be more than 8 bpp (say... like 16 or > 24)? Run XF86Setup (the XFree86 recommended method), or run xf86config (the old method), or edit your XF86Config file by hand (the geek method) and select the screen size and depth you wa

Re: X color depth

> "Umum" == Umum Wijoyo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello... How can I set my X color depth to be more than 8 bpp > (say... like 16 or 24)? You need to set the DefaultColorDepth to 16 in /etc/X11/XF86Config. Here's a sample from my file: Section "Screen" Driver "svga"