Re: Xfree-changing default
Worked great. Thanks
Brian Servis wrote:
> *- On 19 Nov, Antonio Rodriguez wrote about "Xfree-changing default"
> > How do I change my default starting of Xserver to 32 from 8 or so? I
> > have several modes avalable, but if I try from the command prompt:
> > startx -- -bpp 32 it says: Xserver already running. Can't, or something
> > similar.
> > So, what should I do to swithch to 32?
> > Thanx
> >
> >
>
> First you need to stop the currently running X server. Do you have xdm
> installed? By default it starts on boot up in Debian. To stop xdm you
> can run '/etc/init.d/xdm stop'.
>
> If you have xdm installed you can edit /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers and add
> the -bpp 32 to the line at the end of the file. There should be
> examples in the file. Something like:
>
> :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X vt7 -bpp 32
>
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