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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.radio.cz!europa.clark.net!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.webspan.net!news.millennianet.com!newsmaster From: cg67cs@nosc.mil (Scott Long) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: XDM and more colors... Date: 15 Jun 1997 06:47:14 GMT Organization: Millennia Communications, LLC Lines: 29 Sender: scottl@athome.my.house Message-ID: <5o035i$dhf@news.millennianet.com> References: <zk+TVMD4F99aez3@rb.xs.use.ch> <5n2kf3$rpo@usenet.rpi.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: nrad-ascend-ppp44.nosc.mil Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.8 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42977 In article <5n2kf3$rpo@usenet.rpi.edu>, dec@phoenix.its.rpi.edu (David E. Cross) writes: > In article <zk+TVMD4F99aez3@rb.xs.use.ch>, > borki@rb.xs.use.ch (Reto Burkhalter) writes: >> Hy >> >> I'm using xdm from rc.local to start my X. >> (/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm). >> >> Now, I'd like to have more colors than 8 bpp's. >> In which config-file do I have to change this? >> >> (Looked in the man pages, but found nothing...) > > This needs to be changed in /etc/XF86Config (or wherever you have it > conigured to keep your configuration). This is an 'X' configuration question > rather than an xdm configuration question. I would consult > 'man XF86Config' > Just setting up /etc/XF86Config alone won't do it. Once you have this file set up correctly, you need to modify /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers since this is where the server is actually started. I used this line to put X into 16 bit color mode: :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X -bpp 16 Hope this helps! Scott