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From: ernie@eis.net.au (Ernie Elu)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How to set the Color Depth in XFree86
Date: 4 Jun 1996 22:44:37 GMT
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jimbo (root@jesus.serv.net) wrote:
: Hello again!  I'm the same guy that had the (dumb) problem with Tar a 
: couple days ago, or more specifically, I was using it incorrectly.  
: Thanks to all who responded!
: 
: This time, I'm having a problem setting my XFree86 color depth to 16bpp.
: In the man page, it says that it's a command-line option as follows:
: 
: XFree86 -bpp 16
: 

edit startx which is just a script, and set the serverargs to

serverargs="-bpp 16"  works like a charm for me.

-Ernie.
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         Ernie Elu - ernie@eis.net.au -  Brisbane - Australia
                      "I ping, therefore I am." 
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