start x this way
startx -- -bpp 16
----- Original Message -----
From: Wayne Boaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: newbie-l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 11:44 AM
Subject: [newbie] Changing the default X windows color depth.
> Can anyone tell me how to change the default startup color depth from 8bpp
> to 16bpp?
>
> I am running:
> - Mandrake-Linux 6.0
> - PCI Matrox Millennium II card with 4 megs of ram
> - PCI Voodoo2 card with 8 megs of ram
>
> I got the Voodoo2 drivers installed last night but that was no help. I
have
> manually started the X server in 16bpp color mode but I can't cycle up to
> 16bpp colors from 8bpp with <ctrl><alt>+. I need 16bpp to run Quake3.
>
> Is there an init file I can edit to add the '-- -bpp 16' settings to? I've
> tried a lot and learned a lot but this has me stumped! ;.-(
>
> Wayne
>
>
