Re: Stupid X question

2000-03-09 Thread Ron Rademaker
Edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config add the line: DefaultColorDepth 16 on the right place (Screen section if I recall right). Ron On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, Hausheer, Geoffrey wrote: > How do I get X to automatically boot to 16bpp (or 24, or 32)? I have been > using a '-bpp 16' switch on the command line (o

Re: Stupid X question

2000-03-08 Thread Marshal Wong
You have to edit /etc/X11/XF86Config. >From my XF86config # The Colour SVGA server Section "Screen" Driver "svga" # Use Device "Generic VGA" for Standard VGA 320x200x256 #Device "Generic VGA" Device "Voodoo3 (generic)" Monitor "My Monitor" DefaultColorD

Re: Stupid X question

2000-03-08 Thread Mark Wagnon
in 03/08/00 08:23AM, Hausheer, Geoffrey wrote: > How do I get X to automatically boot to 16bpp (or 24, or 32)? I have been > using a '-bpp 16' switch on the command line (or soetimes an alias), but > what if I want to use xdm? I have looked through all of my linux > documentation, howtos, faqs, m

Re: Stupid X question

2000-03-08 Thread Armin Joellenbeck
On Wed, Mar 08, 2000 at 08:23:54AM -0800, Hausheer, Geoffrey wrote: > How do I get X to automatically boot to 16bpp (or 24, or 32)? I have been > using a '-bpp 16' switch on the command line (or soetimes an alias), but > what if I want to use xdm? I have looked through all of my linux > documenta

Stupid X question

2000-03-08 Thread Hausheer, Geoffrey
How do I get X to automatically boot to 16bpp (or 24, or 32)? I have been using a '-bpp 16' switch on the command line (or soetimes an alias), but what if I want to use xdm? I have looked through all of my linux documentation, howtos, faqs, man-pages, etc, but couldn't find this anywhere. Please