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redhat wrote: | Thomas Dodd wrote: |> You can configure multiple depths (and associated resolutions) and |> select then when starting X (from the command line). Read the |> XF86Config and XFree86 man pages to learn how. It's a bit complicated. |> | Actually, changing them in DISPLAY is easier for me. |
To give you an idea, I have X configuired to use 1280x1024, 1024x768, and 800x600 in 24bpp and 16bpp. I have 8bpp configures to only 800x600 for games. This is on an older system with a limited video card, just cannot handle games at high resolution and depth.
24bpp is the default. But I can start 8bpp (or 16bpp) using 'startx -- -depth 8'
For a while I had a setup that only setup 800x600 in 24bpp for games on another system. The card was too slow for high resand color in games. Once I got a better video card I no longer needed that.
But XF86 supports a lot of things that the config tools don't show you. A lot of it isn't really needed anymore, unless you use old hardware, but it's there.
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