Changing color depth in Ubuntu 9.10

[tsnorris-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (Scott and Tara Norris)]

Hmm ... well on my fresh 9.10 install I *do* have an xorg.conf, which reads:

Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "Default Screen"
    DefaultDepth    24
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load    "glx"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "Default Device"
    Driver    "fglrx"
EndSection

As you can see, it contains only a few things -- maybe it's just because I
have a proprietary driver?  I really don't know, but if all you want is to
change the depth from 24 -> 16, I would try creating an xorg.conf that
contains *only* the lines

Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "Default Screen"
    DefaultDepth    16
EndSection


Scott





On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 2:55 PM, <edwardp-KK0ffGbhmjU at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> >
> > On my (fresh) install of Karmic, xorg.conf exists, and about the only
> thing
> > in it is a setting for Screen ->  DefaultDepth ->  24.
> >
>
> I tried "sudo find xorg.conf" and it indicated the file was not found,
> assuming that is the correct command to find a file.  It is not in
> /etc/X11/ as with other distros.  This is with a new install of 9.10.
>
> It is that 24 that I want to change, to 16.
>
> I am trying to solve a Flash-related audio problem, which was also
> present and fixed in Windows on the same system, when I changed the
> Windows color setting from 32-bit to 16-bit.
>
> _______________________________________________
> Discuss mailing list
> Discuss-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org
> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>