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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!disco.iinet.net.au!news.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!csnews!coopnews.coop.net!hops.entertain.com!usenet From: dwatson@abwam.com (Darryl Watson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: X Resolution Date: 11 Jun 1996 14:43:21 GMT Organization: ABWAM, Inc. Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4pk0m9$btn@hops.entertain.com> References: <4pde43$3tb@nntp1.best.com> <31BAE32A.74ED@www.play-hookey.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.144.250.82 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.5 In article <31BAE32A.74ED@www.play-hookey.com>, Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> says: > >Obi-Wan wrote: >> >> How can you change the resolution and color depth of X? >> I would like it to start up 800x600x32K (or at least 256) instead of >> the default 640x480x256. I'm using the accelerated S3 server >> (Trio64) is there some simple lines I can put in the xinit or in starx >> or even the XF86Config? >> >First, when you run xf86config, you get a chance to set resolution >priorities (near the end of the procedure) for each available color >depth. X will always try to start with the one you list first. > >Second, look through XF86Config for the line that sets your initial color >depth if 256 is not acceptable. Remember it is set by bit count, not by >color count, so -bpp 8 is 256 colors and -bpp 16 is 64k colors. > >Ken Which line sets color depth if 256 is not used?