How to configure 256 colors...

[Abel Berger]

Hi all,

I have an VidWall aplication instaled in Linux box. I need that this aplication work with 256 colors.
How I configure this and how I see the actual colors configuration in this Linux ???

Any sugestion are very apreciated !

Regards,

Abel Berger

[Herve BRANGIER · Accepted solution]

Hi

I think you can see configuration on your
XF86Config file( or use xf86config command).
You can also start Xserver yourself and look
colors (number of bits)of your X config.

When you launch X server yourself (startx command)
you can choose your color configuration by :
startx -- -bpp Z
where Z is 8 (default : 256), 16 (64K colors),
24 or 32 bits.

Think the better way is to configure your server.
But I think that if your video card can use 8 bits ( at least SVGA mode) you may have your
256 colors by default.

Regards,


Herv?