From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 13 20:06:58 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA27839 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 13 Dec 1995 20:06:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from clem.systemsix.com (clem.systemsix.com [198.99.86.131]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA27824 for ; Wed, 13 Dec 1995 20:06:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clem.systemsix.com (8.6.8/8.6.6) with SMTP id VAA18143; Wed, 13 Dec 1995 21:05:48 -0700 Message-Id: <199512140405.VAA18143@clem.systemsix.com> X-Authentication-Warning: clem.systemsix.com: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.2 7/18/95 From: Steve Passe To: jason@homewood.net cc: questions-digest@freefall.freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 21:05:47 -0700 Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Hi, > I've tried adding the -bpp 16 option at the command line(I don't > think it is having any effect) and setting what exactly is your command line? if you use startx try this: startx -- -bpp 16 the '--' before the '-bpp 16' separates options meant for xinit from those for the X server -- Steve Passe | powered by smp@csn.net | FreeBSD