Subject: Re: X-windows and different color depths
From: shortpier (shortpier@shortpier.is-a-geek.com)
Date: Fri Jan 02 2004 - 22:02:20 AKST
Mike,
You can have several session of X running at the same time on a machine.
On a mandrake box for example at the text console do the command:
startx :1 -bpp 8
and you will have 8 bit on vt 8 (alt-F8 or ctrl-alt-F8 from X on vt 7)
you can do this up to vt11 I believe I have never ran more then 1 local
XDM at 16bit , 1 8 bit, 1 Remote XDM at 16 bit. This is done on 32 meg
ATI and one 32 meg geforce 2.
Hope this helps....
Shortpier
On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 17:17, Barsalou wrote:
> I am using Win4Lin and one of my daughters programs requires a 256 color
> display. In order for this to work in Win4Lin it is necessary to be in
> 256 color mode before I start the Win4Lin program.
>
> Can I programatically change from True color to 256 color in X on the
> fly?
>
> Mike
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