Re: 16bit X-windows

[Alain Nadeau <nadeau@cybernetic.ch>]

> On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, (     Don      ) wrote:
> 
> > hi
> > does anyone know how to configure x-windows 2 display 16 bit color?  i
> > have a diamond stealth 2400XL and i'm running the S3V Server, but it only
> > loads X w/ a depth of 8. thanks
> > dOn
> >
> >
> 
> have you tried?
> startx -- -bpp 16
> 
> Richard Morin
> qnc496@durhamnews.net
> 

Of course you can make it a permanent change by editing file
/etc/X11R6/bin/startx and add the following line to it:

serverargs="-bpp 16"

The startx command will always launch the 16-bit mode afterwards.

Alain.

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Alain Nadeau		    nadeau@cybernetic.ch
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