Re: Help

[Pedro Guerreiro <pguerreiro@bigfoot.com>]

On Sun, Feb 28, 1999 at 06:12:21PM -0600, Andrei Ivanov wrote:
> > 
> > Hi I am new to Linux, and am learning fairly quick.  But I am having
> > problems getting my Xserver to work at a higher color depth then 8.  If
> > I try and remove that particular setting in the XF86Config file then it
> > tells me that it cannot find the 8 bpp color setting and there for am
> > unable to start X.
> 
> to start it with 16bpp use
> startx -- -bpp 16

Better yet, add the following line to /etc/X11/XF86config, under your default
server:

DefaultColorDepth 16

This way you can start X the usual way (startx or xdm) and you always get the
color depth you want.

Pedro Guerreiro
-- 
Diplomacy: the art of letting someone have your own way.