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Date:      Mon, 07 Dec 1998 07:43:24 +0000
From:      Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com>
To:        Jean-Marc Zucconi <jmz@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        patseal@hyperhost.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: changing color depth in X
Message-ID:  <366B871C.2693514E@uk.radan.com>
References:  <199812070322.EAA23802@qix.jmz.org>

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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.
> 

What about Ctrl-Alt - & Ctrl-Alt +?. Don't they cycle through _all_
the entries in XF86Config, or just through all the resolutions for the
current colour depth?


>  > 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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Bath, Avon, England.  Sheet Metal CAD/CAM Solutions
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