Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 14:40:18 +0100 From: "Bond, Jeffery" <Jeff.Bond@nectech.co.uk> To: "'FreeBSD questions'" <questions@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "'trzy@powernet.net'" <trzy@powernet.net> Subject: RE: configuring x resolutions Message-ID: <DD2AB7991BC6D211988E00A024AC583B5DFA31@exchange.nectech.co.uk>
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Hi Bart, Try starting X by using 'startx -- -bpp 16' That should do the trick. Note the two '-'s before the '-bpp 16' bit, it's important. Jeff >Hi, > X runs fine but I noticed it was running in the 8-bit modes I set. >It wasn't running in the 16-bit modes. It has to be running in 8-bit color >because the gradients in WindowMaker are horrible. > I thought that by not specifying any 8-bit resolutions (I am using >xf86config) the server would go straight to 16-bit modes since that is >next down the line. But when I tried starting up X it said: > >Config Error: /etc/XF86Config:530 > > ViewPort 0 0 > ^^^^^^^^^ > >Mode name expected >X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). > > >I think its safe to assume that I did this by removing the 8-bit modes. >But how else am I to get X to run in the 3 resolutions I specified for >16-bit color mode. I'd rather run in 16-bit than have to deal with 256 >colors and ugly gradients. > >Thanks, > >Bart Trzynadlowski To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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