depth of colour in X

defcon8 · 10-11-2003, 09:38 AM

i was just wondering how to change the depth of colour in X can anyone help?

Capt_Caveman · 10-11-2003, 11:24 AM

Depending on your distro, there is usually a GUI to modify your display settings. But if you can't find it, you can just manually edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config file:

Just open up the file in a text editor and look for the "Screens" Subsection.

Code:

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "RIVA TNT2"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth     16    <------ Change here 
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     16      <------ and here to new settings
                Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Then just save that file and restart X.

defcon8 · 10-11-2003, 02:25 PM

thanks alot lol i already figured that out i did xf86cfg and then went to expert mode and somewhere in the screen section it was there