Re: Default Color depth in Xwin

["Robert W. Canary" <rwcanary ohiocounty net>]

Tony Nugent wrote:
> 
> 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
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^that's it
Thank You