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 >-----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 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 could d isplay, the image came back on. As to whether or not the monitor is still diges 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at 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----- > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
