Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 18:26:42 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Jason Gilbert <jason@homewood.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: # of colors displayed under XFree86 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951213182500.418C-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199512132343.RAA23866@koala.scott.net>
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On Wed, 13 Dec 1995, Jason Gilbert wrote: > I have been trying in vain for the past week to figure out how to > display more than 256 colors under XFree86. How are you invoking X? To get 16 bit color, you have to modify /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers. Put the `-bpp 16' after your display entry ( :0 ) and restart xdm. That should do it, ASSUMING X finds a mode to display at that resolution. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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