Re: X color depth

[Marshal Wong <masee@usa.net>]

>>>>> "Umum" == Umum Wijoyo <umum@lola.ee.itb.ac.id> writes:

    > Hello...  How can I set my X color depth to be more than 8 bpp
    > (say... like 16 or 24)?

You need to set the DefaultColorDepth to 16 in /etc/X11/XF86Config.
Here's a sample from my file:

Section "Screen"
    Driver      "svga"
    # Use Device "Generic VGA" for Standard VGA 320x200x256
    #Device      "Generic VGA"
    Device      "Voodoo3 (generic)"
    Monitor     "My Monitor"
    DefaultColorDepth 32 #<--You need to add this line with 16/24/32
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        # Omit the Modes line for the "Generic VGA" device
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
        # Use Virtual 320 200 for Generic VGA
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       32
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection

Good Luck

Marshal

    > Does this have anything to do with my video card config? (I
    > think I've set up my S3 Savage 3D card correctly...)

    > When we were still using RedHat 6.2, we had no problem: our X
    > display was fascinating! It even looked better than Windows
    > (shudder)! ;-p

    > OK! Thanks!

    > Urip Hudiono ------------------ Bandung, Indonesia

    > PS: Thanks for all the "how to close ports" answer...
    > Geez... I'm always asking questions here...  I promise I'll
    > "upgrade" from newbie as soon as possible... :-p


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