Re: Color Bit Depth

[dyer <padyer@pilot.infi.net>]

Matt Kopishke wrote:

> I have a small question about XF86 and color bit depths.  I have my
> machine running a 32 bit color at the moment, but some times I I would
> like to change it to 16 bit for the ocational game of Quake, is there a
> easy way to do this with out editing the config file.  I know you can set
> X up with multipul resolution and you can switch using the ctrl-alt-+/-
> key combinations, I would like to be able to do the same thing only with
> colors.
> thanks,
>
>

kill the xserver and use:
startx -- -bpp 16

dyer