From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 13 18:27:16 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA23181 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 13 Dec 1995 18:27:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts16-line12.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.212]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA23170 for ; Wed, 13 Dec 1995 18:27:06 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id SAA00485; Wed, 13 Dec 1995 18:26:42 -0800 Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 18:26:42 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Jason Gilbert cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: # of colors displayed under XFree86 In-Reply-To: <199512132343.RAA23866@koala.scott.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 13 Dec 1995, Jason Gilbert wrote: > I have been trying in vain for the past week to figure out how to > display more than 256 colors under XFree86. How are you invoking X? To get 16 bit color, you have to modify /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers. Put the `-bpp 16' after your display entry ( :0 ) and restart xdm. That should do it, ASSUMING X finds a mode to display at that resolution. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major