<html> <head> <title> Setting the Color Depth on SGI Octane </title> </head> <h1 align=center> Setting the Color Depth on SGI Octane </h1> <hr size="3"> <font size="-1" color=RED> garlic, free molecular viewer and editor, free molecular visualization program, protein structure, DNA structure, PDB, molecular rendering, biological macromolecule, Unix, Linux, free software download, open source software, Damir Zucic. </font> <hr size="3"> Some people are using SGI Octane in 8 bits per pixel mode. The TrueColor visual is not available at this color depth on this system. If you have such system, think of using it at its full power. I have no access to SGI Octane, so I had no idea how to change the color depth. I would like to thank Mr. Randal R. Ketchem for contributing the answer to this question. <br><br> <hr size="3"> Edit /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers and change the argument list passed to /usr/bin/X11/X. <br><br> e.g. <br> To change the default configuration from the 8-bit pseudomap visual to the 24-bit TrueColor visual, change the single line: <br> :0 secure /usr/bin/X11/X -bs -nobitscale -c -pseudomap 4sight -solidroot sgilightblue -cursorFG red -cursorBG white <br><br> to a single line with: <br> :0 secure /usr/bin/X11/X -bs -nobitscale -c -class TrueColor -depth 24 -solidroot sgilightblue -cursorFG red -cursorBG white <br><br> <hr size="3"> </html>
