Re: Default Color depth in Xwin

[Tony Nugent <Tony Nugent usq edu au>]

On Thu Oct 01 1998 00:00, "Robert W. Canary" wrote:

> I don't have enough colors in Xwin to even get the Netscape Mail
> client up in a readable format.   I had the color changed in the rhd
> 4.2-5.0 so Xwin would start up in 16 or 32 color, but I can not for
> life of me remember how one does it.  Can someone please refresh my
> memory?

Two ways.

startx -- -bpp 16

Add to /etc/X11/XF86Config near the top part of the "Screens" section

	DefaultColorDepth 16

Cheers
Tony
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