From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 27 04:57:21 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id EAA20718 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 27 Nov 1997 04:57:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from mhv.net (mgraffam@spice.mhv.net [199.0.0.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id EAA20713 for ; Thu, 27 Nov 1997 04:57:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mgraffam@mhv.net) Received: from localhost (mgraffam@localhost) by mhv.net (8.8.8/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA06674; Thu, 27 Nov 1997 07:56:48 -0500 Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 07:56:45 -0500 (EST) From: Michael Graffam To: John-David Childs cc: Robert Withrow , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to run doom? In-Reply-To: <19971126220759.58336@denver.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, John-David Childs wrote: > I had doom working (without the musserver) a few weeks ago, but since then > I figured out how to start x with 16-bit color (S3). Is there a way to > dynamically switch video resolutions without having to start a separate X > process? By putting multiple modes in your XF86Config file you can switch between them with control-alt (+/-) on the numeric key pad. This will switch resolutions, but will not switch color depth, which is what you really want. Michael Graffam (mgraffam@mhv.net) http://www.mhv.net/~mgraffam - Religion, Philosophy, Computers, etc "Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.." - Immanuel Kant "Metaphysics of Morals"