From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 6 19:48:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA09933 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 6 Dec 1998 19:48:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from qix.jmz.org (cabri.obs-besancon.fr [193.52.184.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA09928 for ; Sun, 6 Dec 1998 19:48:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jmz@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: (from jmz@localhost) by qix.jmz.org (8.9.1/8.8.7) id EAA23802; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 04:22:00 +0100 (MET) Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 04:22:00 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <199812070322.EAA23802@qix.jmz.org> X-Authentication-Warning: qix.jmz.org: jmz set sender to jmz@qix using -f From: Jean-Marc Zucconi To: patseal@hyperhost.net CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: (message from Patrick Seal on Sun, 6 Dec 1998 21:31:20 -0500 (EST)) Subject: Re: changing color depth in X X-Mailer: Emacs Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >>>>> Patrick Seal writes: > Then whats the point of all the entries in the XF86Config file? They are used only when the X server starts. > And is their a way to change the color depth at startup > via command line? Yes. 1 If you start X11 with the startx command, this is explained in the man page (try 'man startx'): In order to start the server in 16bpp use startx -- -bpp 16 2 if you use xdm, you can have several config files and use the -config option. Jean-Marc -- Jean-Marc Zucconi PGP Key: finger jmz@FreeBSD.ORG To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message