Jim Crumley wrote: > > Does anyone know if there is a hot key sequence for changing > color depth in XFree86? In other words, is there an equivalent > to control-alt-+/- (which changes resolution)? Or do I have > to restart the xserver whenever I change color depth? AFAIK, you cannot change the color depth of a running server. There are some servers that can run with multiple color depths (ie 8 and 24) (it doesn't seem like this would be all that hard though..), but I'm not sure if XFree can do that (it would probably only be a 4.x thing). However, you can run more than one X server at a time. Just get to a command line and run `X -bpp 8 :1' (XFree 3.x) or `X -depth 8 :1' (XFree 4.x) Then, set your $DISPLAY variable with `export DISPLAY=:1.0' and run an application (you may have to jump around between virtual consoles with CTRL-ALT-F<n>) > I have an application that only runs in 8 or 24 bit, but I like > to run in 16 bit. 8 bit is just ugly (too many apps steal > too many colors) and 24 bit is streaky with either the SVGA > or S3V xservers and my video card/monitor > at the resolutions I like to run at (1024x768 or 1152x864). I should ask if you're using up-to-date servers or not. It may be a bug that has been fixed (maybe). -- _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ Put down the Chalupa. / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org