Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 09:28:48 -0500 (EST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@freebsd.org> To: Tony Harverson <tony@hornet.netac.co.za> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 16 million colours ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960109092725.24246A-100000@Aspen.Woc.Atinc.COM> In-Reply-To: <199601091258.OAA02058@hornet.netac.co.za>
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On Tue, 9 Jan 1996, Tony Harverson wrote: > Hiya All, > > I was just wondering if anyone has got xfree86 operating in more than > 256 colours. > > The Init sequence of Xfree86 correctly identifies the card as a cirrus > logic gd5430 with 1mb ram. you have to start the Xserver with the number of bits per pixel option. i use xdm and have the following line in usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X -bpp 16 that's 16 bits per pixel. Jonathan M. Bresler FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.ORG play go. ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life i am moving to a new job. PLEASE USE: jmb@FreeBSD.ORG
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