From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 14 15:34:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA00656 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 15:34:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-12.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA00650 for ; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 15:34:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.054 #1) id 0zphVm-0003Xv-00; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 23:34:48 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from beavis.uk.radan.com (beavis [193.114.228.122]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with SMTP id XAA01782; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 23:33:02 GMT Received: from uk.radan.com (rasnt-1) by beavis.uk.radan.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA23418; Mon, 14 Dec 98 23:33:00 GMT Message-Id: <36759F77.A262F8A6@uk.radan.com> Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 23:29:59 +0000 From: Mark Ovens X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en-GB Mime-Version: 1.0 To: "Floris v. Gog" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Xwindows and 16bit colors References: <367595EE.DF5FA516@tuhb.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Floris v. Gog" wrote: > > hello, > > i have recently installed X, and all i seem to be getting is 256 colors. > The config stated that this is the default, and 'sometimes' can be more. > > I have a Matrox Millenium (MGA) card > > Is it possible to go 16bit (don't get nostalgic here :) or not. > If so, how? > ``startx -- -bpp 16'' (or 24 if you want 24 bit colour and have enough VRAM:-) ) You can also edit the Default Colour Depth in /etc/XF86config > thanks, > > Floris > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Trust the computer industry to shorten Year 2000 to Y2K. It was this thinking that caused the problem in the first place. Mark Ovens, CNC Applications Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd Sheet Metal CAD/CAM Solutions mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message