RE: Changing bit depth on X

[Rick <rickya@siservices.net>]

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I put the appropriate section below.  Another way is startx -- -bpp 16.

Have a good one.

# File generated by xf86config.

**********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************

# The Colour SVGA server

Section "Screen"
    Driver      "svga"
    Device      "TGUI9680XGI"
    Monitor     "Magitronic SVGA"
>>  DefaultColorDepth  16
    BlankTime   45
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes       "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
        Visual      "TrueColor"
        Virtual     1024 768
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
        Visual      "TrueColor"
        Virtual     1024 768
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
        Visual      "TrueColor"
        Virtual     1024 768
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       32
        Modes       "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
        Visual      "TrueColor"
        Virtual     1024 768
    EndSubsection
EndSection

On 04-Apr-97 The Gardyan wrote:
>How does one change the default color depth on X from 8 bit color to 16
>bit color.
>
>Thanks.
>
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Rick <rickya@siservices.net>
E-Mail: Rick <rickya@siservices.net>
Date: 04-Apr-97
Time: 02:05:25
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