Here is the (very late) summary:
I asked:
>How can I increase the console resolution?
>The AS 1000 4/266 includes and integrated SVGA controller on the
>motherboard. It appears that the factory set resolution is only VGA
>(640x480). Does anyone know how to increase the resoution to SVGA (800x600
>or 1024x768)? I suspect that there is a console command I can't find (or
>simply missed).
Thanks for the numerous replies. The solution was to edit
/var/X11/xdm/Xservers, altering the appropriate "screen" option. My
original line was;
:0 local /usr/bin/X11/X -nice -2 -screen0 1280
which I altered to;
:0 local /usr/bin/X11/X -nice -2 -screen0 800
Perhaps the most instructive answer came from cchung_at_siwest.cts.com;
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The 800x600 mode is the highest supported resolution under Digital UNIX.
To go higher, you would need to add in a SUPPORTED video card and disable
the onboard SVGA controller. The list of supported adapters are as
follows:
PB2GA-FB ISA-based ATI Mach64 1024x768
PBXGA-AA PCI-based ZPXp-E1 8-plane 1024x768
PBXGA-BA PCI-based ZPXp-E2 24-plane 1024x768
>From experience, the above three video cards are able to support
resolutions up to 1280x1024 resolution.
If on the other hand, you just want to increase your resolution from
640x480 to 800x600, you need to edit the lase line in the /usr/var/X11/xdm
Xservers file read as follow:
:0 local /usr/bin/X11/X -nice -2 -screen 800
Then restart XDM by performing the following commands:
/sbin/init.d/xdm stop
/sbin/init.d/xdm start
Of course, you need to login as root between the stopping and starting.
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Thanks again...
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Ken Brown / kbrown_at_trentu.ca / tel: (705)748-1540 / fax: (705)748-1635
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Received on Tue Jul 02 1996 - 19:03:32 NZST