*- On 26 May, Armin Wegner wrote about "Re: Boot probblem with xdm" > > I don't use xdm. I always start X with xinit. So I can set the color depth > to the value I need each time. >
You could instead have multiple xdm sessions on different vt's, each with a different color depth. Edit your /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers and add a server line for each color depth. :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X vt10 -bpp 8 :1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X vt11 -bpp 16 :2 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X vt12 -bpp 32 Then just log into the xdm session with the color depth that you want. If you wanted to get a little more elaborate you could copy the /etc/X11/xdm/Xresource_0 file to Xresource_[1|2] for each display and edit the 'xlogin*greeting: Debian GNU/Linux (CLIENTHOST)' line to indicate to the user what color depth that it will run, something like 'login*greeting: Debian GNU/Linux [16 bpp] (CLIENTHOST)'. Then modify the xdm-config to point to each Xresource file. DisplayManager._0.resources: /etc/X11/xdm/Xresources_0 DisplayManager._1.resources: /etc/X11/xdm/Xresources_1 DisplayManager._2.resources: /etc/X11/xdm/Xresources_2 -- Brian --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis ---------------------------------------------------------------------
