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Re: mouse problems and display problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek W Truesdale)
Fri Feb 2 04:24:09 1996
From: Derek W Truesdale <derekt@MIT.EDU>
To: "Keith D. Smith" <kdsmith@MIT.EDU>
Cc: netbsd-help@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 02 Feb 1996 01:34:50 EST."
<199602020634.BAA00520@lesia.MIT.EDU>
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1996 04:19:53 EST
to make X startup with 16 bpp, find the line in
/etc/athena/login/config
which starts with
X /usr/X11/b...
and add
-bpp 16
to that line.
Then the first mode with Depth = 16 in your XF86Config will be the
default.
---
I think. :-)
just learned this stuff recently at the IAP NetBSD class.
Derek.