Re: [aclug-L] startx question???

[Nate Bargmann <ka0rny@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Isaias Izquierdo B. wrote:
> 
> How can set my resolution to something better than 8 bits.
> I normally type
> startx -- -bpp 16
> 
> But I'm kind of tired of this.
> 
> Where, What, How??? Do I change it? I'm trying to set it to be a default
> so that I can boot to X Windows.

I think there are other ways, such as tinkering in /etc/XF86Config, but
early on I chose the simple UNIX option.  I wrote a short script, put it
in ~/bin (which happens to be added to my path when I log in) and wrote
a version for 8, 16 and 32 bit.  Here is a copy of my 16 bit startx
named x16:

# This script is used to start Xwindows in 16 bit per pixel
# mode.

/usr/X11R6/bin/startx -- -bpp 16

typing this is even shorter than startx and I don't have to remember the
startx syntax.  The flexibility comes in if I need a different pixel
depth and for that reason I have scripts named x8, x16, x32 in ~/bin.

This probably wasn't the answer you were looking for...

- Nate >>

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