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From: kenobi@pobox.com    (Obi-Wan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: X Resolution
Date: 9 Jun 1996 02:49:39 GMT
Organization: Best Internet Communications
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Reply-To: kenobi@pobox.com   (Obi-Wan)
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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? 

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