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  From: Benjamin Close <linux@senet.com.au>
  To  : Jorge Cabrita de Sousa <jcds@correio.cc.fc.ul.pt>
  Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 18:28:37 +0930 (CST)

Re: Configuring X -32bpp under RedHat6.0

On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Jorge Cabrita de Sousa wrote:

> I Have had a major problem configuring my X Window server to run at any
> other bit depth than 8bpp under Linux RedHat 6.0
> The conventional method for starting X in runmode 5 at other than 8bpp
> has not been working.
> I was wondering if, due to the selection of Window Manager (Gnome, KDE,
> Afterstep, ...) there is a different file to state the bit depth of the X
> server other than the standard one.

The window managers have no affect on the colour depth that things are run
at, this is the job of the X server.

The file: /etc/X11/XF86Config 
determines this in redhat.

The way to fix a depth is shown in my config:

Section "Screen"
    Driver      "svga"
    Device      "Tseng ET6000"
    Monitor     "ADI MicroScan 4V"
    DefaultColorDepth   16                 <-- note this line
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       15
        Modes       "800x600"
        ViewPort    0 0
        Virtual     800 600
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16                    <-- a section for the depth you
        Modes       "800x600"                 requested must exist
        ViewPort    0 0
        Virtual     1024 768
    EndSubsection
EndSection

I suggest you try setting things up from the console (run level 2 or 3)
If you try setting things up in run level 5 and goof something up then
you'll find yourself in an endless loop.

Cheers,
--

* Benjamin Close
* Benjsc@senet.com.au
* Web Page: http://users.senet.com.au/~benjsc

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