Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 04:22:00 +0100 (MET) From: Jean-Marc Zucconi <jmz@FreeBSD.ORG> To: patseal@hyperhost.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: changing color depth in X Message-ID: <199812070322.EAA23802@qix.jmz.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812062129090.4083-100000@foobar.hyperhost.net> (message from Patrick Seal on Sun, 6 Dec 1998 21:31:20 -0500 (EST))
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>>>>> Patrick Seal writes:
> Then whats the point of all the entries in the XF86Config file?
They are used only when the X server starts.
> And is their a way to change the color depth at startup
> via command line?
Yes.
1 If you start X11 with the startx command, this is explained in
the man page (try 'man startx'):
In order to start the server in 16bpp use
startx -- -bpp 16
2 if you use xdm, you can have several config files and use the -config
option.
Jean-Marc
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