Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 11:05:21 +0200 From: Hanspeter Roth <hanspeter_roth@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86 4.2 minor woes Message-ID: <20020515110521.A10788@bsag.ch> In-Reply-To: <20020514111545.C13159@alicia.nttmcl.com>; from jj@nttmcl.com on Tue, May 14, 2002 at 11:16:05AM -0700 References: <1021384063.8572.4.camel@chowder.dons.net.au> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0205142242510.452-100000@prophet.alphaque.com> <20020514111545.C13159@alicia.nttmcl.com>
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On May 14 at 11:16, JJ Behrens spoke: > > i've always started X with -bpp 24 in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers to > > get the correct depth for xdm. it's not taken from XF86Config, iirc. > > Hmm: > > # From XF86Config > Section "Screen" > DefaultDepth 16 # <----- > > has always worked for me. Am I missing something? The DefaultDepth of the config file is considered when you call startx or XFree86 without any color depth option. But if XFree86 is called via the display manager it might supply it's own depth option (`ps|grep X`). -Hanspeter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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