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From: Michael Graffam <mgraffam@mhv.net>
To: _| im <jim@basil.stthom.edu>
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Subject: Re: X won;t go above 8 bpp
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On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, _| im wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> This should be a simple question: How do I make X( via xdm) go above a 
> color depth of 8. 

If you use "startx -- -bpp 24" X will start up in 24 bit mode. All
flags after "--" get passed to the X server itself, so X -bpp 24 
would work too.

With this observation in hand, you should be able to edit your 
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers file (or similarly named) to launch
X -bpp 24 instead of just X.

Note that my FreeBSD box does NOT run X, these observations are from
Linux withh XFree86 3.3.1 ... but the flags should work for X under
BSD too. The Xservers filename and/or path may be different.

Michael Graffam (mgraffam@mhv.net)
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