Re: 16bpp in X

[Syrus Nemat-Nasser <syrus@UCSD.EDU>]

On Sat, 11 Jan 1997, Brad Bell wrote:

> i can make X run with 16bpp, no problem, by typing (as someone has noted)
> 'startx -- -bpp 16'
> the question is - how do i make 16 bpp the default (i.e. xdm starts up
> when i boot, but only in 8 bpp)

>From my XF86Config:

# The accelerated servers (S3, Mach32, Mach8, 8514, P9000, AGX, W32, 
Mach64)

Section "Screen"
    Driver      "accel"
    Device      "Stealth Video 864"
    Monitor     "Shamrock 15DF"
    DefaultColorDepth 16
   Subsection "Display"
       Depth       8
       Modes       "1024x768" "800x600"
       ViewPort    0 0
       Virtual     1024 768
   EndSubsection
   Subsection "Display"
       Depth       16
       Modes       "1024x768" "800x600"
       ViewPort    0 0
       Virtual     1024 768
   EndSubsection

Syrus.

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Syrus Nemat-Nasser <syrus@ucsd.edu>    UCSD Physics Dept.



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