Re: How to change the screen depth from 8 to 16
On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Daniel Mashao wrote:
> How does one change the screen depth fro 8 to 16. I tried removing the 8
> bit mode but xinit refuses to start. It says the default 8 bit mode is not
> set.
>
Asked too soon I guess. There is an option that can be specified in the
XF86Config file DefaultColorDepth 16 that works. It took me a long time to
find it in one of the example files.
Cheers,
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