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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.uoregon.edu!news.bc.net!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!atha!sgiblab!sgigate.sgi.com!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.crl.com!acara.snsnet.net!news.scott.net!usenet From: jason@scott.net (Jason Gilbert) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: running x-window at 16-bit color mode Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 16:22:17 GMT Organization: Scott Network Services, Inc. Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4as7bo$j32@news.scott.net> References: <4anjpd$go9@news1.channel1.com> <DJL0uw.3MK@obiwan.uucp> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup81.scott.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 bob@luke.pmr.com (Bob Willcox) wrote: >In article <4anjpd$go9@news1.channel1.com>, > kxie@us1.channel1.com (Kai Xie) writes: >>does anyone know how to run x-windows at 16-bit color mode. >> >>I tried to edit the XF86Config file with default depth to 16, it >>doesn't work. I have a number nine gxe64 card with trio64 chip and >>2mb dram. >You might want to try starting X with: > "startx -- -bpp 16" >Works for me (I wasn't able to get the default to be 16 bit depth >either). You can also add it to a line in the startx file. I think it was "serverarg", just set it equal to bpp16 and when you startx, it will start in 16bit mode. jason