On Tue, Dec 08, 1998 at 09:51:01PM -0400, Jeff Browning wrote: > Now that I got X up and running, I got a few questions. > > 1. How do I change the color setting from 256 colors to True Color?
Edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config appropriately, e.g.:
Section "Screen"
Driver "Accel"
Device "ATI [EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Monitor "Sony 200sf"
BlankTime 0
DefaultColorDepth 32
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1376x1032" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
"512x384"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1376x1032" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
"512x384"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1376x1032" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
"512x384"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Note the line "DefaultColorDepth".
Alternatively:
startx -- -bpp 32
xdm users may want to edit /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers:
:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 vt9 -bpp 16
Note that if you edit the XF86Config per the recommendation above, you
don't need to mess with adding parameters to startx or the xdm/Xservers
file.
> 4. If I'm idle for about 10 minutes, my screen turns black, how do I
> turn that off or start a screen saver?
I forget how this handled on the VC, there's some parameter in the kernel
terminal driver you can manipulate with setterm or something.
In X, xset manages this and a few other hardware-related issues. man xset
for more info.
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