Whoops, I lied. The list of resolutions is individually defined for each
color depth, so this doesn't make sense: how would you set the default
color depth after you've decided which depth to use?
You need to put that line right ABOVE the first "Display" subsection. Be
sure it's in the "Screen" section for the server you're using, too. It
won't do much good if it's in the wrong server section.
If you are not sure which server you're using, go with "svga" first.
That's probably the more common, unless you have asouped-up video card.
Then you might try the "accel" server (Accelerated X server) if SVGA
doesn't work for you.
-Matt
On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, Matt Stegman wrote:
> The way to increase your color depth in X is to add a line to
> /etc/X11/XF86Config:
>
> DefaultColorDepth <bpp>
>
> This line goes in the "Display" subsection of the "Screen" section for
> your X server (I think- just put it by the list of resolutions, wherever
> that is).
>
> <bpp> is the color depth you want in Bits Per Pixel (8, 16, 24, or
> 32).
> -Matt
>
>
