From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 30 19:52:17 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA02345 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 30 Jan 1999 19:52:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.jax (mail.jax.bellsouth.net [205.152.64.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA02338 for ; Sat, 30 Jan 1999 19:52:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from efknight@bellsouth.net) Received: from bellsouth.net (host-209-214-128-181.jax.bellsouth.net [209.214.128.181]) by mail.jax (8.8.8-spamdog/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA18837 for ; Sat, 30 Jan 1999 22:52:13 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <36B3D36C.E991F57D@bellsouth.net> Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 22:52:13 -0500 From: "Edward F. Knight" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: setting color depth in X11 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I want to set the color depth in X11 to be either 16 or 24 bits. The XF86Config seems to have all the modes and displays for my Matrox Melinium I card. I don't seem to be able to find in the docs how to set it so that when I start xinit , I will use the color depth I want. A point in the right direction would be appreciated. Thanks EFK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message