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Re: XFree86 Colour Depth (RH6.1)

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From: Aron Felix Gurski
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 00:00
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Stuart Bridge wrote:
> 
> I'm running KDE with XFree86 v3.3.5 on RH6.1
> 
> I am trying to figure out how to increase the colour depth of the screen
> resolution.  It currently appears as if the depth is too low.  The
> graphics in Netscape and the graduating colours on the window title bars
> are blotchy, rather than nice and graduated.
> 
> I'm guessing that the colour depth is to low for the graphics to display
> correctly.  Can someone tell me how to solve this.  I have included the
> XF86Config file below.

<snip>

If you simply change the DefaultColorDepth lines (which are currently set to 8
bits/pixel) to the value you want (i.e. 15, 16, 24 or 32), X should start up
with the colour depth you want.

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