How to know which colour depth (16/24/36-bit) is running?

[afeasfaerw23231233]

System -> Preference -> Display doesn't show it

[blueturtl]

Unless you are running a particularly old system, X will default to running at the highest possible color depth.

[Dark Aspect]

System -> Preference -> Display doesn't show it

If you have an Nvidia card, after you install your video driver, you can use:


/usr/bin/nvidia-settings

Otherwise you can take a look at your xorg file, look for your color depth after:


sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Should look like:


Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

[afeasfaerw23231233]

I am not using nVidia. My graphic is a SiS IGP. I download the driver from here http://ncc-1701a.homelinux.net/~linux-sis/

[Dark Aspect]

I am not using nVidia. My graphic is a SiS IGP. I download the driver from here http://ncc-1701a.homelinux.net/~linux-sis/

Than try the xorg method, however, if your video card doesn't support 24-bit color depth than changing it the xorg will break your X-server.

[saulgoode]

xwininfo -root | grep Depth:

[afeasfaerw23231233]

Depth: 24
Thanks

[dragos240]

Do you mean 16/24/32 bit?

[afeasfaerw23231233]

yes, sorry for typo error