The Boot Console Interface

Displaying and Setting the Monitor Type

Setting the Monitor Type

You can set the monitor type for a graphics adapter by typing the following at the prompt and pressing Enter:

Configuration Menu: Enter command> monitor graphics(n) tt

where n is the number of the graphics adapter and tt is the monitor type. To display a list of supported monitors that are used by your graphics card, type the following command at the prompt and press Enter:

Configuration Menu: Enter command> monitor list

A list of valid monitor types similar to the following is displayed:

MONITOR INFORMATION

Path

Slot Head Type

Size

Freq Class

-------- ---- ---- --------- ---- -----

GRAPHICS(2)

2

1

1

1280x1024

75Hz PCI

GRAPHICS(2)

2

1

2

1280x1024

75Hz PCI, Double buffered

GRAPHICS(2)

2

1

3

1280x1024

75Hz PCI, Greyscale

GRAPHICS(2)

2

1

4

1280x1024

75Hz PCI, Double buffered, Greyscale

GRAPHICS(2)

2

1

5

1280x768

75Hz PCI

GRAPHICS(2)

2

1

6

800x600

75Hz PCI

GRAPHICS(2)

2

1

7

640x480

75Hz PCI

GRAPHICS(2)

2

1

8

1600x1200

75Hz PCI

GRAPHICS(2)

2

1

9

1600x1200

75Hz PCI, Greyscale

GRAPHICS(2)

2

1

10

1200x1600

75Hz PCI

GRAPHICS(2)

2

1

11

1200x1600

75Hz PCI, Greyscale

GRAPHICS(2)

2

1

12

1280x1024

72Hz

GRAPHICS(2)

2

1

13

1280x1024

72Hz Double buffered

GRAPHICS(2)

2

1

14

640x480

60Hz

GRAPHICS(2)

2

1

15

---------- user defined -----------

Configuration Menu: Enter command>

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