Re: XDM and Variable X Server Configurations?
On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 11:06:40AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote:
> I'd suggest either use 16 bpp
Acckk!! No, thanks. I regularly do true color graphics work.
I need all 24 bits.
> all the time or simply switch to virtual
> console, run startx -- -bpp 16 and use this second X server for GL stuff
Yeah, I thought about this, but that is not a user friendly option.
I'm asking 'cause my boys are the ones who want to be able to play this
game (Quake II), and while a seven year old can do GUI, as it is the
simplest way to get this stuff done, command line activities may be a
bit much, especially as they are familiar with XDM and etc, but not the
command line stuff.
> or modify xdm config to start two X servers - one with your regular
> settings, the other one for 3D stuff
>
> there are probably some other ways as well.
>
> most of the X server that you are not using at given time would be
> swapped out I guess, so you only need sufficient amount of swap space,
> not RAM.
Which still requires them having to figure out what screen the "Quake II
X server" is running on and to remember the two sets of special key strokes
neccesary to switch between VT's . . . but, yeah, that may be the only way.
Anybody else . . . any suggestions?
Maybe I should just bite the bullet and hack this into XDM . . .
John S.
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