Introduction
Now you have a fresh installed IRIX system, but your desktop
is still working in 8bit. This might be frustrating, especially
if you have a powerful graphic option.
Using 24bit Truecolour Mode
In order to change the color depth to 24bit, you have to modify
the file /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers like follows:
| :0 secure /usr/bin/X11/X -bs
-nobitscale -c -solidroot sgilightblue -cursorFG red -cursorBG
white -depth 24 -class TrueColor |
Note the addition of "-depth 24 -class TrueColor"
and the removal of "-pseudomap 4sight".
After modifying the file, the system has to be rebooted or you
may also simply stop and restart the X server by typing
>> /usr/gfx/stopgfx
>> /usr/gfx/startgfx
Using 12bit Indexed Colour Mode
If you want to use an colour indexed mode with 12bits (4096 colours),
you should change the line in /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers
to
| :0 secure /usr/bin/X11/X -bs
-nobitscale -c -pseudomap 4sight -solidroot sgilightblue -cursorFG
red -cursorBG white -depth 12 -class PseudoColor |
And again the system has to be rebooted or the X server has to
be restarted by typing
>> /usr/gfx/stopgfx
>> /usr/gfx/startgfx
|