Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 08:48:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Bart Trzynadlowski <trzy@powernet.net> To: "Bond, Jeffery" <Jeff.Bond@nectech.co.uk> Cc: "'FreeBSD questions'" <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: configuring x resolutions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906160845250.309-100000@Brzuszek> In-Reply-To: <DD2AB7991BC6D211988E00A024AC583B5DFA31@exchange.nectech.co.uk>
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I reconfigured the XF86Config file and tried it and it worked great! Thanks. But is there any place with a good overview of X? I tried FreeBSD.org and the XFree86 site however it was a bit lacking. The kind of stuff I'd like to know is how to customize the start procedure so that it uses a different window manager than TWM as default. The man pages suggested creating a new .xinitrc or a systemwide xinitrc file and even gave examples however some of the stuff is a bit unclear. The X directory tree is a behemoth and I can't let it sit on my hard disk forever without knowing how to tailor it to my preferences =) Thanks! Bart Trzynadlowski On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Bond, Jeffery wrote: > Hi Bart, > > Try starting X by using 'startx -- -bpp 16' > > That should do the trick. Note the two '-'s before the '-bpp 16' bit, it's > important. > > Jeff > > >Hi, > > X runs fine but I noticed it was running in the 8-bit modes I set. > >It wasn't running in the 16-bit modes. It has to be running in 8-bit color > >because the gradients in WindowMaker are horrible. > > I thought that by not specifying any 8-bit resolutions (I am using > >xf86config) the server would go straight to 16-bit modes since that is > >next down the line. But when I tried starting up X it said: > > > >Config Error: /etc/XF86Config:530 > > > > ViewPort 0 0 > > ^^^^^^^^^ > > > >Mode name expected > >X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). > > > > > >I think its safe to assume that I did this by removing the 8-bit modes. > >But how else am I to get X to run in the 3 resolutions I specified for > >16-bit color mode. I'd rather run in 16-bit than have to deal with 256 > >colors and ugly gradients. > > > >Thanks, > > > >Bart Trzynadlowski > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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