Very Computer

 Edit your /etc/XF86Config and add the following line to the Section
"Screen"
of the X server that you are using:

DefaultColorDepth    32

I am using the SVGA server, so my entry looks like this:

Section "Screen"
   Driver          "SVGA"
   Device          "Matrox MII"
   Monitor         "Ergo1600"
   DefaultColorDepth 32
   BlankTime       0
   SuspendTime     0
   OffTime         0
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth        8
   ...
   EndSection

I have not included the entire definition.

Good Luck.

--
Jose Santiago

Systems Analyst - Scientific Systems
Komatsu Mining Systems - Peoria Operations
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I refer you to my post of 4 days ago, message ID

: >
: > Hi
: >
: > Installing RedHat 5.0 program detected my S3Virge card and recommend
me
: > to set color in 16 bpp in X86config file. But with this value
X-server
: > can't work,
: > because it have PLANES=8. As far as I've noticed, this is default
value,
: > setting
: > somewhere inside server. How can I change it without rebuilding
X-server?
:
: From command line:
:
:   startx -- -bpp ??
:
: Or from xdm if you're using it (in /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers):
:  ...
:   :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X -bpp ??
:
: Or from the config file (with XFree86 - don't know about MetroX -
: /etc/XF86Config):
:  ...
:   Section "Screen"
:  ...
:       DefaultColorDepth ??
:  ...
:
: where ?? is the bit depth you want - 8, 16, 32, etc. (32 == 24-bit
color
: but more efficient speed-wise)
: