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Article #55Re: XFree86 Colour Depth (RH6.1)
From: Aron Felix Gurski
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 00:00
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.
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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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