HP unix manual Displaying and Setting the Monitor Type, Monitor Command

Boot Console Handler

Displaying and Setting the Monitor Type

Displaying and Setting the Monitor Type

The workstation ships from the factory preset to use a monitor with a specific resolution and frequency. If you replace the workstation’s monitor with a different type of monitor, you may have to reconfigure the system to support the new monitor.

The Monitor Command

The monitor command lets you change the system’s graphics configuration. This command is available in the Configuration Menu of the Boot Console Handler.

NOTE	The monitor command lets you change the system’s graphics configuration
	before you replace a workstation’s monitor. For information about changing
	the configuration after you replace a monitor, refer to “Changing the Monitor
	Type” in Chapter 4.

To display the current graphics and console information, type the following set of commands and press Enter at the prompt:

Main Menu: Enter command> configuration

Configuration Menu: Enter command> monitor

The correct usage for setting the graphics configuration is:

monitor graphics_path type

where valid graphics_path parameters are:

graphics(0) Built-in (or core) graphics adapter (primary slot)

graphics(1) Graphics adapter installed in slot 1 (secondary slot)

graphics(2) Graphics adapter installed in slot 2

graphics(3) Graphics adapter installed in slot 3

graphics(4) Graphics adapter installed in slot 4

and type is the numerical monitor type. See “Setting the Monitor Type” in a subsequent section for a list of types. For example, an HP VISUALIZE-fxegraphics card (A4982A) installed in option slot 2 would be graphics(2). Note that you can have graphics(0) through graphics(4) for the graphics_path.

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