SUMMARY: making 16bpp the default in X

[Douglas L Stewart <douglas@pobox.com>]

The easiest thing to do is just to add this in your XF86Config in the
section for your video card:

   DefaultColorDepth 16

I wish xf86config had this as an option.

Here's an example:

Section "Screen"
    Driver      "svga"
    # Use Device "Generic VGA" for Standard VGA 320x200x256
    #Device      "Generic VGA"
    Device      "Chips & Technologies CT65550"
    Monitor     "My Monitor"
    DefaultColorDepth 16 
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        # Omit the Modes line for the "Generic VGA" device
        Modes       "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
        # Use Virtual 320 200 for Generic VGA
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection

-douglas


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