The Boot Console Interface

Displaying and Setting the Monitor Type

Displaying the Current Monitor Configuration

To display the current monitor configuration for your system from the Configuration Menu of the boot console interface, follow the directions in “Accessing the Boot Console Interface” earlier in this chapter. Once you are in the Boot Console Interface Main Menu, type the following command and press Enter:

Main Menu: Enter command> configuration

This places you in the Configuration Menu. From here, type the following command at the prompt and press Enter:

Configuration Menu: Enter command> monitor

The message on your display is a list of the current graphics adapters and their monitor types configured for your computer.

MONITOR INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

 

Path

Slot

Head

HPA

Resolution

Freq

Type Class

----------

---

---

-------

----------

----

---

---

GRAPHICS(2)

2

1

fffa000000 1280x1024 75Hz 1

PCI

Configuration Menu: Enter command>

In this example, only the graphics adapter (located in slot 2) GRAPHICS(2) is configured. The monitor type for GRAPHICS(2) is set to type 1, which is a 1280×1024 monitor that uses a frequency of 75 Hz.

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