On Wed, May 17, 2000 at 05:47:19PM +0100, C. Ferris wrote:
> System is 2.2.15, Xfree4, nvidia drivers ver .92
>> Cannot start X in anything other than 32bit colour.
>> Tried startx -bpp 16
> startx -depth 16
> startx - --bpp16
> XFree 4 doesn't use the -bpp flag anymore....it's in the Screen section of
the XF86config file... There's a DefaultDepth Line....at the mo mine is:
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "Creative Graphics Blaster TNT2"
Monitor "Iiyama VisionmMaster Pro 410"
DefaultDepth 24
Just change this to whatever you like...
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