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

[Jesse Kaufman <kaufmjes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

what version of X are you running?  when i installed v3.3.3.1, and ran
XF86setup, i could choose my default color depth and res...  i don't know
about your release of X, but that is how i did it (w/ earlier versions, i had
to do what john mentioned in an above msg)

jesse

Nate Bargmann wrote:

> 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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