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

[j m wagle <jmwagle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nate:
How do you access the different 'scripts' when you longin?  Sorry
for the 'newbie' question.
mike wagle, wichita

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 >>