I recently downgraded from XFree 4 to 3.3.6 (the one in Potato). I also made sure to downgrade xbase-clients and xserver-svga (the server I'm using). Then, I recreated my XF86Config file.
I have my XF86Config file set up so that there is only one resolution choice for each color depth. That way, I can simply use the '-bpp' option to force X to use a particular resolution as well as color depth. This all worked fine under version 4. But now, when I do startx -- -bpp <depth> it does not choose the desired color depth and resolution. It always goes to the default depth that I specify in XF86Config. The error output shows no sign that it tried and rejected a particular depth or resolution. However, X -bpp <depth> chooses the color depth and resolution just fine, as the error output shows me. Has anyone seen this before? Where should I start looking for a handle on this problem? It might be because of the "downgrade"; I really don't know. TIA.
