Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 00:08:24 -0500 (EST) From: Patrick Seal <patseal@hyperhost.net> To: Jean-Marc Zucconi <jmz@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: changing color depth in X Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10012070007420.453-100000@foobar.hyperhost.net> In-Reply-To: <199812070322.EAA23802@qix.jmz.org>
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But I use xinit. Thanks, _____________________________ Patrick Seal <patseal@hyperhost.net> Hyperhost hosting and Design http://www.hyperhost.net On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Jean-Marc Zucconi wrote: > >>>>> 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 > > -- > Jean-Marc Zucconi PGP Key: finger jmz@FreeBSD.ORG > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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