topic Re: monitor problem in Operating System - Tru64 Unix

monitor problem

sunil kattikar — Mon, 25 Aug 2003 10:47:25 GMT

hi,
i have ds10 system,i want to change original 21 inch monitor to 15 inch monitor ,when it is connected ,it displays boot menu and when graphics starts it gives error reduce resolution of monitor. what and where i should modify to suit 15 inch monitor.
pls suggest
sunil

Re: monitor problem

Anders Kile — Mon, 25 Aug 2003 13:15:50 GMT

Create the directory /etc/dt/config.
Copy the file /usr/dt/config/Xservers into the catalogue.
(/usr/dt/config/Xservers is a actually a link. It's the end file you want to copy.)
In /etc/dt/config/Xservers your last line should look something like:

:0 Local local@console /usr/bin/X11/X :0

Add "800x600" to the end of the line to set resolution to 800x600.

A few notes:
- you could edit the /usr/dt/config/Xservers file directly, but that would not survive a OS upgrade.
- If you have Open3D, you may have to create a link from /etc/dt/config/Xservers.con to /etc/dt/config/Xservers.
I'm not sure.

Anders

Re: monitor problem

Thomas Sjolshagen — Mon, 25 Aug 2003 16:34:17 GMT

And as a last resort, depending on the graphics adapter being used, you may need to set the resolution switch on the adapter itself. Since it involves opending the system I'd try Anders' suggestions first...

// Thomas

Re: monitor problem

Ralf Puchner — Tue, 26 Aug 2003 11:00:34 GMT

thomas,

the DS10 doesn't support old graphic adapters (have a look into the supported option list). The new PC-Style graphics hardware uses software settings.