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From: Philipp Mergenthaler <un1i@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: XFree86 - 24/32 bpp at 1024x768 for #9 Motion 771
Date: 14 Jun 1997 18:56:49 GMT
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, Germany
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In comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Hugh LaMaster <lamaster@nas.nasa.gov> wrote:
[...]
> with 640x480, not 1024 x 768.  Pointers, anyone, to exactly
> what I need in the XF86* configuration file(s) to get
> truecolor 1024 x 768?

> Environment: FreeBSD 2.2.1 installation with default 
> XFree86 installation.

Does your /etc/XF86Config have an appropriate SubSection? e.g.

SubSection "Display"
	Depth        24
	Modes        "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" \
       "640x400" "480x300" "400x300" "320x240" "320x200"
EndSubSection

Then start X with "startx -- -bpp 24"

Bye, Philipp

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