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17940   How to determine if the frame buffer is running in 8 bit or 24 bit mode   4 Jan 2000

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How to determine if a frame buffer is running in 8-bit or 24-bit mode.

- Run: #xdpyinfo | more

- Page down to area of output that says "depth of root window:"

- The "# planes" listed is equal to the # bit mode the frame 
  buffer is running in.

For example,
  depth of root window:    24 planes

means that the frame buffer is running in 24 bit mode.
Applies To Hardware, Operating Systems/Solaris/Solaris 2.x
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