Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 21:50:32 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Kai Xie <kxie@user1.channel1.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 16 bit color X windows Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960317214739.454I-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19960317231034.006af7f0@user1.channel1.com>
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On Sun, 17 Mar 1996, Kai Xie wrote: > I have a question, I am currently running freebsd 2.1 > I have a number 9 gxe64 with 2mb dram, trying to run X-window in 16-bit > color mode. > when I startx -bpp 16 , it still runs as 256 color, but when I lauch the X > server with " X -bpp 16" > it runs in 16-bit color, what's the file that I should edit so when I startx > , it will run 16-bit. You need to run startx as follows: startx -- -bpp 16 the -- is to let startx know that the following options need to be passed to the X server. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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