more data on screen

[Gene Collins]

Hi Janina and all.  My appologies for not responding sooner.  Being laid
up with sniffles can adversely affect one's attention span.

It seems I was in error about the name of the package.  It is called
svgatextmode, all lowercase.  Debian people can install it by typing
apt-get install svgatextmode.  Redhat folks should be able to find an
rpm for it.  Slackware folks I'm not sure about.  If all else fails
doing a google search will find several references to svgatextmode.

Gene

>Do you perhaps have a URL for this package SuperVgaTextMode? I don't
>find it via Google--only about a handful of references that some folks
>have used it.
>
>Gene Collins writes:
>> Hi Igore.  What you say is true, but you don't want to take chances. 
>> You really don't want to have to buy a new monitor, right?  So unless
>> you know, turn it off and be safe.
>> 
>> Gene
>> 
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>> >Hi. Actually Gene, I think I have a minor correction to what you said earli
er 
>> about monitors.
>> >On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 08:35:03AM -0600, Gene Collins wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> Hi all.  Actually, you may want to check out a package called
>> >> SuperVgaTextMode.  It interactively sets the screen resolution on video
>> >> cards, if the machine is not using a frame buffer device.  If your video
>> >> chip supports it, you can get some really large screen sizes like
>> >> 202x81.  Your mileage will very according to your video chip and what
>> >> clock rates it supports.  Warning: Be *** V E R Y * CAREFUL!  *** 
>> >> Setting a resolution with a clock rate not supported by your monitor can
>> >> damage the monitor.  You have been warned!
>> >
>> >I think newer monitors, such as one that I have will drop the video signal 
ent
>> irely once it figures out it can't properly display it. A message that says 
som
>> ething like "no signal" is 
>> >displayed. And then once I set the resolution to something the monitor coul
d d
>> isplay, the image came back on. As to whether or not the monitor is still di
ges
>> ting the video signal in some way I 
>> >am not sure, which is why I said "possible minor correction."
>> >
>> >> 
>> >> Nevertheless, if you are like me and run with the monitor turned off,
>> >> you can set the video card for whatever clock rate and resolution it
>> >> will support.  Just don't expect to turn on the monitor, and if you do,
>> >> reset to a supported clock and resolution first!
>> >> 
>> >> Gene
>> >> 
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