From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from wsip-24-249-27-228.ri.ri.cox.net ([24.249.27.228] helo=lava-net.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CSehZ-0001rb-00 for ; Fri, 12 Nov 2004 11:55:09 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 1020) by lava-net.com with local; Fri, 12 Nov 2004 11:54:58 -0500 id 000D83C5.4194EAE2.00004C4C Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 11:54:58 -0500 From: Igor Gueths To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20041112165458.GA19526@lava-net.com> References: <20041111140136.GA1303@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; x-action=pgp-signed; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Subject: Re: more data on screen X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:55:14 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi. Actually Gene, I think I have a minor correction to what you said earlier 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 entirely once it figures out it can't properly display it. A message that says something like "no signal" is displayed. And then once I set the resolution to something the monitor could display, the image came back on. As to whether or not the monitor is still digesting 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- "The answer to life, the universe, and everything is 42." -- Douglas Adams -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBlOriNohoaf1zXJMRAhPCAJ45wG4FH0tDMRBvghc8qaeeRkCjyQCgtBSF iUARvaTFVIQ942xFZTNV954= =9DBs -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----