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Re: different bit depths
- To: j dot j dot ita at siep dot shell dot com
- Subject: Re: different bit depths
- From: Chad Austin <aegis at nerv-un dot net>
- Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 12:17:47 -0600
- Cc: cygwin-xfree at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <H000150c0c8ffa24@MHS>
I changed the line in startxwin.bat to look like this, and twm and KDE still
look funky.
start XWin -screen 0 1024x768x32
>
> Chad,
> The answer to your second question will also answer your first
> one. The 8 refers to a screen number. This should actually be set to 0
> instead of 8 for the command line arguments to have an effect on the
> Xserver you start on a single headed machine. I believe the default is
> 8 bit if you do not specify the properties for screen 0 and that is why
> you are having problems.
>
> Joel
>
> > How can I get XFree on NT4 to display 32-bit color? I
> > changed the -screen
> > option in startxwin.bat to look like this:
> >
> > -screen 8 1024x768x32
> >
> > The X server runs properly, but it seems that the actual bit
> > depth is still 8
> > bpp.
> >
> > Also, what does the 8 in that option mean?
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Chad Austin (AegisKnight)
http://www.nerv-un.net/~aegis/