Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 09:24:04 -0500 (EST) From: Michael Graffam <mgraffam@mhv.net> To: _| im <jim@basil.stthom.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X won;t go above 8 bpp Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95q.971209092050.9374A-100000@spice.mhv.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.91.971209005940.23675B-100000@basil.stthom.edu>
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On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, _| im wrote: > Hello all, > > This should be a simple question: How do I make X( via xdm) go above a > color depth of 8. If you use "startx -- -bpp 24" X will start up in 24 bit mode. All flags after "--" get passed to the X server itself, so X -bpp 24 would work too. With this observation in hand, you should be able to edit your /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers file (or similarly named) to launch X -bpp 24 instead of just X. Note that my FreeBSD box does NOT run X, these observations are from Linux withh XFree86 3.3.1 ... but the flags should work for X under BSD too. The Xservers filename and/or path may be different. Michael Graffam (mgraffam@mhv.net) http://www.mhv.net/~mgraffam - Religion, Philosophy, Computers, etc "Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe the more often and steadily we reflect upon them: the starry heavens above and the moral law within me. I do not seek or conjecture either of them as if they were veiled obscurities or extravagances beyond the horizon of my vision; I see them before me and connect them immediately with the consciousness of my existence." - Immanuel Kant "Critique of Practical Reason"
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