[97950] in RedHat Linux List
Re: screen resolution in X
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Cameron Simpson)
Thu Nov 5 22:36:35 1998
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 14:36:04 +1100 (EST)
X-Original-To: dfox@belvdere.vip.best.com
From: Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au>
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To: dfox@belvdere.vip.best.com
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On 6 Nov 1998, in message <98110519005004.00655@belvdere>
"David E. Fox" <dfox@belvdere.vip.best.com> wrote:
| > Is there a file I can edit to ensure that I am
| >getting 800x600 and 16bpp when I start x? When I ran
| You could run for instance 'xdpyinfo' which will spit out a
| bunch of information on your X session, including the color
| depth, which can be used to derive the number of colors.
Useful after the fact, but not for setup.
John wants the .xserverrc file (which he should in his home dir).
What to put in it is described in the manual for xinit.
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Cameron Simpson, DoD#743 cs@zip.com.au http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/
It looks like you've got Mister Bus Error installed. - tjc
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