[ale] Can't get above 8bpp in RedHat 5.2

[Wandered Inn]

'startx -- -bpp 16' is what you should use.  Is that a typo below?

What is the output of X at startup?  If X doesn't like the settings in
the config file (to protect you) it will not use them.  It will complain
about such settings in the output of your startx or xdm error file.  If
it does not use these settings, then you will see messages indicating
why in the output.

Benjamin Scherrey wrote:
> 
> I've got two boxes running RedHat 5.2. Both have different video boards
> (which are supported by X) yet none will run X over 8 bits per pixel. I
> try the startx --bpp 16 and it just seems it ignore it. I honestly can't
> recall ever running over 8 bpp prior to this cause I never tried but the
> docs seem wrong or I'm broke. Both XF86Config files are setup correctly
> but the thing doesn't even try. One card has 2MB and the other has 4MB
> of RAM and I've run Windows on them with high resolution/colour before.
> Additionally <ctrl><alt>+ doesn't cycle the video modes either which is
> something that I know used to work on one of the boxes.
> 
>     thanx & later,
> 
>         Ben Scherrey

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