On Sun, Feb 28, 1999 at 06:12:21PM -0600, Andrei Ivanov wrote: > > > > Hi I am new to Linux, and am learning fairly quick. But I am having > > problems getting my Xserver to work at a higher color depth then 8. If > > I try and remove that particular setting in the XF86Config file then it > > tells me that it cannot find the 8 bpp color setting and there for am > > unable to start X. > > to start it with 16bpp use > startx -- -bpp 16
Better yet, add the following line to /etc/X11/XF86config, under your default server: DefaultColorDepth 16 This way you can start X the usual way (startx or xdm) and you always get the color depth you want. Pedro Guerreiro -- Diplomacy: the art of letting someone have your own way.
