Re: [TCLUG:12350] Color Question

[Dave Sherohman <esper@usinternet.com>]

Nick.T.Reinking@supervalu.com said:
> X windows uses in two ways.  One, you can do startx -bpp <number>.  Two, you 
> can look
> in your XF86Config (usually /etc/XF86Config) for the line DefaultColorDepth 
> <number>.

Related question:

How can I change color depth on the fly?  I prefer to run in 32bpp, but
Quake2 will only run in 16bpp and I don't want to be swapping xconfigs
constantly or give up my wdm for startx.

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