"Eric G. Miller" wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 11:04:37AM -0600, Keith G. Murphy wrote: > > 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. > > man XFree86: > > ... > > -bpp n No longer supported. Use -depth to set the color > depth, and use -fbbpp if you really need to force > a non-default framebuffer (hardware) pixel format. > > -depth n > Sets the default color depth. Legal values are 8, > 15, 16, and 24. Not all servers support all val > ues. > Hmmm. This may not address my problem directly, but it may have set me on the right path. When I would do xinit, both -bpp and -depth would work.
However, I noticed that I didn't have this manpage, which led me to the discovery that I never downgraded xserver-common (which has the manpage). The manpage for the Potato version does give -bpp as a valid option now. I'm going to try startx again when I get the chance. Thanks for the input.
