About:
SVGATextMode uses extra features on SVGA cards to enhance Linux textmodes. It allows setting of the pixel clock, H/V timings, font size, cursor size, etc, and lets you use your video card and monitor to their full potential in textmode.

Author:
Byron Stanoszek <gandalf __at__ winds __dot__ org> [contact developer]

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8.47/10.00 (4 votes)

Tar/GZ:
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/utils/console/
Changelog:
ftp://ftp.winds.org/pub/linux/stm/ChangeLog

Trove categories: [change]

[Development Status]		5 - Production/Stable
[Environment]		Console (Text Based)
[Intended Audience]		System Administrators
[License]		OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System]		POSIX :: GNU/Hurd, POSIX :: Linux
[Programming Language]		C
[Topic]		System

Dependencies: [change]
No dependencies filed

 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Default	1.10	05-Sep-2000	GNU General Public License (GPL)

 Comments

[»] svgatextmode broke my monitor
by dinarchus - Mar 20th 2000 16:11:09

I was messing around and doing stuff with svgatextmode
without reading the manual/documentation, and when i did
something with a messed up "clocks" line my monitor broke
and now i have to get it returned. So be careful, and make
sure to read the documentation before you use it, or else
you might break your monitor too.
Although, it was a very cheap monitor.

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[»] Re: svgatextmode broke my monitor
by William Feely - Mar 20th 2002 14:26:45


> I was messing around and doing stuff
> with svgatextmode
> without reading the
> manual/documentation, and when i did
> something with a messed up
> "clocks" line my monitor
> broke
> and now i have to get it returned. So
> be careful, and make
> sure to read the documentation before
> you use it, or else
> you might break your monitor too.
> Although, it was a very cheap
> monitor. Sounds pretty cheap. Any good monitor should shut down if given the wrong parameters to protect it.


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