[ale] X in 16 or 32bpp?

[Geoffrey Myers]

Robert L Harris wrote:
> 
> >
> > Robert L Harris wrote:
> > >
> > > I finally got XFree86 working on my AST laptop.  My problem now is that
> > > it's running at 800x600 (I can live with that) at 8bpp color (256) which
> > > is sad.  How would I try and force it to 16?  I've modified my XF86Config
> > > file to add a 16bpp section, but can't get it to use it.  Anyone got
> > > any ideas?  My video adapter is 2Meg.
> >
> > Have you tried the cntl-alt-[+-] combination to switch between
> > resolutions?
> 
> This doesn't work for me.  It might be that my keypad+/- requires
> the function key also, but it don't work.

My laptop has a similar problem, the +/- keys require a function key as
well, so I end up doing a cntl-alt-fn-[+-].  This works for me.

> 
> >
> > Check out the output from the X startup, it may be that you don't have
> > any valid modes for that particular bpp.
> >
> 
> They are there,  it seems that "startx -- -bpp 16" starts it in 16bpp
> mode...

Right, so fire up 'startx -- -bpp 32' to get 32 bpp.
> 
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