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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!chi-news.cic.net!nntp.coast.net!news.net99.net!news.fc.net!obiwan!bob From: bob@luke.pmr.com (Bob Willcox) Subject: Re: running x-window at 16-bit color mode X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.3 Sender: bob@obiwan.uucp (Bob Willcox) Organization: Bob's Place, Austin TX Message-ID: <DJL0uw.3MK@obiwan.uucp> References: <4anjpd$go9@news1.channel1.com> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: luke Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 15:11:20 GMT Lines: 20 In article <4anjpd$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). -- Bob Willcox bob@luke.pmr.com (or obiwan%bob@uunet.uu.net) Austin, TX