Boot Console Handler
Displaying and Setting the Monitor Type
Displaying the Current Monitor Configuration
To display the current monitor configuration for the system from the Configuration Menu of the Boot Console Handler, follow the directions in “Accessing the Boot Console Handler” earlier in this chapter. Once you are in the Boot Console Handler 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 the display is a list of the current graphics adapters and their monitor types configured for the workstation.
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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.
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 the 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 |
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GRAPHICS(0) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1280x1024 | 75Hz | VESA |
GRAPHICS(0) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1024x768 | 75Hz | VESA |
GRAPHICS(0) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1600x1200 | 75Hz | VESA |
GRAPHICS(0) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1600x1200 | 75Hz | VESA |
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