Date : Tue, 16 Nov 1999 00:48:46 +0000 (GMT)
From : Chris Evans <chris@...>
Subject: Re: XBeeb problem
On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Bill Keesing wrote:
> Thanks for that. Michael Foot suggested the same probability. I have my
> colour at 16 bit. So the next question is sort of slightly off topic.
>
> As I am still a Linux newbie, how the smeg do I change it to 8 bit colour?
> Is it possible to have two different X configs so that I can have different
> colour setups depending on what I want to do?
To start X in 256 cols (8bbp), use
startx -- -bpp 8
As well as xbeeb, try BeebEm, I use it under Linux and it works a treat.
Suffers from the same 8bpp problems though :-)
I've got some RPM's of it somewhere, mail me if interested.
Cheers
Chris