From: Stewart <bdlists@snerk.org>
To: Glynn Clements <glynn.clements@virgin.net>
Cc: Barry Gamblin <bgamblin@hao.ucar.edu>, linux-admin@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: changing color depth in XFree86
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 00:10:19 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3EA0CC2B.50602@snerk.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <16031.3423.437052.927106@cerise.nosuchdomain.co.uk>
Glynn Clements wrote:
> You can't change the colour depth of a running X server.
[...]
> BTW, you can't change the framebuffer resolution (i.e. the size of the
> root window) either; the resolution switching only affects the
> displayed resolution (you end up displaying a scrolling window onto
> the framebuffer).
This used to be true, but as of XFree86 4.3.0 and the xrandr utility you
can (finally!) change resolution and colour depth.
Frontends are forthcoming from your friendly neighborhood window|desktop
management centres.
Upgrade and behold the goodness of a drop-shadowed mouse cursor (worth
the price of admission, IMHO. ;> )
--
Stewart Honsberger
http://blackdeath.snerk.org/
"Capitalists, by nature, organize to protect themselves.
-- Geeks, by nature, resist organizaion."
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-04-19 4:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-04-17 17:48 changing color depth in XFree86 Barry Gamblin
2003-04-17 20:23 ` Glynn Clements
2003-04-19 4:10 ` Stewart [this message]
2003-04-19 13:42 ` Glynn Clements
2003-04-19 15:55 ` Stewart
2003-04-19 23:19 ` Rant [Was: Re: changing color depth in XFree86] Glynn Clements
2003-04-19 23:42 ` Bill Sneed
2003-04-20 15:21 ` Stewart
2003-04-20 14:17 ` changing color depth in XFree86 terry white
2003-04-20 15:11 ` Stewart
2003-04-20 15:52 ` terry white
2003-04-20 23:24 ` Stewart
2003-04-21 1:36 ` terry white
2003-04-21 4:44 ` Stewart
2003-04-21 7:04 ` terry white
2003-04-21 16:34 ` Milan P. Stanic
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