On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, you wrote:
> 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
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Run Xconfigurator from the command line. It will go through some basic
settings and then let you select your different mode lines.
Regards,
Gavin ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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