Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 08:00:40 -0500 (CDT) From: James Hu <jxh@cs.wustl.edu> To: Song Lining <sln@public.jn.sd.cn> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: change actual screen size Message-ID: <199610111300.IAA04280@plethora.cs.wustl.edu> In-Reply-To: <325E9191.41C67EA6@public.jn.sd.cn> References: <325E9191.41C67EA6@public.jn.sd.cn>
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Song Lining <sln@public.jn.sd.cn> writes: > Hi, > I installed XFree86 but the screen is bigger than the actual one. My > question is how can I change it to the actual size? > Thanks in advance! > Song lining The answers I have seen posted say to edit your /etc/XF86Config file (the Modes line of the Display subsection of the Screen section). Another way is to invoke X using more bits per plane for color. startx -- "-bpp 15" or startx -- "-bpp 16" or startx -- "-bpp 32" instead of the default 8. -- James
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