Jules Bean wrote: > On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, Ian Keith Setford wrote: > > > > > Yo- > > > > How to I get xdm to start with 16bpp or 24bpp? It is currently starting > > in 8bpp so AfterStep looks terrible. > > > > Best method, probably, is to go into your /etc/X11/XF86Config file, > go down to the section in your XF86Config that looks like this: > > Section "Screen" > Driver "svga" > # Use Device "Generic VGA" for Standard VGA 320x200x256 > #Device "Generic VGA" > Device "S3 ViRGE/DX (generic)" > Monitor "My Monitor" > DefaultColorDepth 24 > > and add the DefaultColorDepth line. > > You need to pick the right screen section - this one is if you are using > the svga server. There is another for xaccel, and another for vga16, > etc... > > Alternatively, you could start X as startx -- -bpp 24, but you're using > xdm, so that's not ideal. > > You could probably edit the first line of /etc/X11/Xserver to have -bpp 24 > on the end, but that sounds ugly to me..
no more ugly than editing the XF86Config file. you can put this line in your /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers file, Ian: :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X -bpp 24 m* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
