[Nottingham] Xorg

[Peter Chang]

Richard,

> Looks like a good solution to the problem if I can get it work
> correctly. Keeps throwing error messages when the colour depth is
> changed to anything other the the depth set in xorg.conf. I will have
> to experiment more. Thanks for pointing it out to me.

You need to check your real X server with xdpyinfo for a list of supported
visual depths. If there isn't a suitable one, I think it's probably best
to just start a second server on your PC and just switch using ctrl-alt-Fn
as that X display will be on a different virtual console.

Peter



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