On 20 Jun 1997, John Goerzen wrote: > > easiest way is to edit /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers file. Mine looks like: > > Better: edit XF86Config and specify a default color depth.
I prefer to edit the Xservers file. That way I can have both a 16 bit and an 8 bit per pixel display, and changing the depth is easier - I don't have to search through hundreds of lines of X config to find the line that needs changing:-) Anyway, it's xdm's job to run as many X servers as I want, in whatever bit depths I want. I see /etc/X11/XF86Config's role as telling the X server what my card and screen are capable of (i.e. low level hardware config only), and /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers's function is to tell xdm to start up X in whatever mode(s) I want. the only time i've ever really needed the 8bpp display was when i wasted half a day looking at quake. Nice game. Once the novelty wears off, though, it's just an improved doom. i guess i'm just not into games very much :-) craig -- craig sanders networking consultant Available for casual or contract temporary autonomous zone system administration tasks. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
