Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 16:03:58 -0600 From: Michael Porter <ocean@wavefront.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Questions with X Message-ID: <347756CD.CEC3575A@wavefront.com>
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I have a few questions regarding X windows: I have 1 meg video ram, and only get 8 bit (256 color) depth at my max resolution. The server starts up with the max res. (I think it's 1024 by something) and can switch to 800x600, 640x480, etc, with the virtual size at the max res size (got that? :) I'd like to have it start up at 800x600 at 16 bit, with the virtual size larger, with option to switch to 640x480. When I start it up with xdm -nodaemon or startx, it defaults to 8 bit depth. I've tried editing the XF86Config file by hand, deleting the 8 bit entries (hoping it would go to the 16) but that didn't work. Then I tried editing /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Xf86config.eg which sets some defaults. I changed the appropriate entries (so I thought) to 16 instead of 8, but startx still said 8 bit is default. I thought I read in an email about starting startx --32bpp or something, but startx --16bpp neither worked or is even in the man pages. I hope that's enough info for that question. The last time I tried using checkpoint to save the states of the programs, my system got messed up beyond belief. I don't know if this was it or not, but I didn't remember doing anything else either. Do I have any reason to fear saving the states again? ie any tips or DOs or DO NOT DOs? I can't find the file like .login for X. In .login, there's a line stty crt erase ^h, but when xterm starts up, I need to type this by hand. What's the name of the X initialization file? If I could use checkpoint, this shouldn't be necessary though, but possibly handy. How do I use the window managers like fvwm and the others? It defaults to twm. I tried looking in the xdm directories and grepping for twm, but nothing came up. I know that the newer Complete FreeBSD by Greg Lehey covers this topic, as I was previewing some chapters, but I lost where the files were (whoops!) Hmmm.... that should be it. If I can get 16 bit and try out other managers, I'll be one happer FreeBSDer. : ) Thanks a lot! Michael Porter ocean@wavefront.com port0095@tc.umn.edu
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