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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!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!news.seinf.abb.se!nooft.abb.no!Norway.EU.net!nntp.uio.no!news.cais.net!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.ptd.net!news From: NickHead <nickf@ptd.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: X Resolution Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 20:04:20 -0400 Organization: ProLog - PenTeleData, Inc. Lines: 29 Message-ID: <31BF5B04.41C67EA6@ptd.net> References: <4pde43$3tb@nntp1.best.com> <31BAE32A.74ED@www.play-hookey.com> <4pk0m9$btn@hops.entertain.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cs4-2.pot.ptd.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b4 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE i386) Darryl Watson wrote: > > 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? I just created an alias called highx that starts X in 64k color: startx -- -bpp16 Nick