On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Dominic Jones wrote:

> 	My video card (RIVA 128) defaults into 8-bit colour. Does XFree86
> under NetBSD 1.4.1. on i386 support higher colour depths? If so, how do I
> get it to default to a higher depth or otherwise change to one? I seem to
> have seen instructions in the documentation a long time ago, but haven't
> been able to find them again.

First, you need to have the deeper color depth setup in your XF86Config
file.  There should probably be a section (towards the end) which
specifies a color depth of "8" - you'd need to add similar sections which
have a depth of 16, 24 or 32 (depending on your card, etc...).  Check
through some sample XF86Config files - you'll see how it all fits
together.

Second, to start via the startx command, do "startx -- -bpp 16" or "startx
-- -bpp 24" - you get the idea.  If XF86Config is setup correctly, this
should start you in a deeper color depth.

Hope this helps,

-Jon
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