* Jeffrey Ebert <ebert@sonicsinc.com> [04/29/99 18:18] wrote: > Max wrote: > > The man page for startx claims that one can use the -bpp option to > > select the color depth, yet my X server complains that it can't > > recognize it. I'm using the 8 bit server on a SPARC 2, so am I to > > understand that -bpp is redundant because it only supports 8 bits? > > WindowMaker looks like it's only using 16 colors, so I'm trying to see > > if there's any way to get it to look halfway decent. I don't think > > the 24 bit server will work on this machine. > > startx -- -bpp 16 That's exactly what I'm doing and here's the output: Unrecognized option: -bpp use: X [:<display>] [option] It then proceeds to give me a list of options that it does recognize and bpp isn't on the list. Max -- The hopeful depend on a world without end Whatever the hopeless may say Neil Peart, 1985
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