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From: brian@shift.lan.awfulhak.org (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How to get more than 64 colors on the X Windows for FBSD 2.1.6?
Date: 5 Mar 1997 16:08:09 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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References: <3318E675.1C51@Rob.com> <5fcotu$kui$1@bofh.noc.best.net>
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In article <5fcotu$kui$1@bofh.noc.best.net>,
rone@bofh.noc.best.net (Ron Echeverri) writes:
> In article <3318E675.1C51@Rob.com>, Rob <Rob@Rob.com> wrote:
>>I recently found out that my X windows system is only displaying in 64
>>colors.
>>I am using a Steaalth 64 DRAM card.
>>So far I haven't been able to figure out where to specify how many
>>colors to use in X Windows. If anyone has suggestions or simple answers
>>to this newbie question I would really appreciate it..
>
> Maybe you mean 256 colors, not 64. I believe startx starts your X
> server in 8bit depth... you can start it up with 16/24/32/bit depth
> (if your card/monitor can handle it) with
>
> startx -- -bpp 16 (or 24, or 32)
You may want to look at ~/.xserverrc or X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers
if you want to automate this.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !