three questions

[Brian Bobowski]

Lars Eighner wrote:

>> 3) I change resolution for consoles as vidcontrol -g 100x37 
>> VESA_800x600 green. Can I change rate? How to do it?
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> I don't know what rate you mean.
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Refresh rate is a common video parameter that I can think of, and often 
specified with resolution. Since vidcontrol refers to the console 
driver, however, it's probably not going to be terribly significant, 
console being mostly low-res text. If there is a way to specify refresh 
rate, I didn't find it in man vidcontrol.

If the resolution/refresh under X is what you need to change, having the 
appropriate modelines in the X config file(if the defaults aren't 
suitable) will allow you to use CTRL-ALT-Keypad+ and -Keypad- to cycle 
through the available resolutions. As long as the "Section Monitor ... 
EndSection" segment of the file properly defines the HorizSync(usually 
in kHz) and VertRefresh(usu. Hz) parameters of the monitor, the default 
available modes are usually sufficient; having those settings in there 
will, I believe, prevent X from trying to use a refresh rate that is not 
within your monitor's capacity even if it's specified.

-BB