Re: 256 color

On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 07:54:56AM -0500, KeLEEgrl28@aol.com wrote:
> Could you please send me the information on how to change my 16 bit
> color to 256 color. I have tried through my display settings but when
> I restart my computer it goes right back to 16 bits.

16 bit is more colours than 256 colours (which is 8 bit).

To answer the "how" part of the question, its down by debconf. The trick is figuring out which xorg package it is. Try something like:

# dpkg-reconfigure -plow xserver-xorg

If it asks about the default number of bits (8, 16, 24, 32), then answer as you wish and you've found the right package. If it doesn't, try a different xorg package. Note that debconf will use the current existing settings as a default to present you. So you can just accept the default until you get to the appropriate question.

Doug.

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