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 >> >> >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> >Hash: SHA1 >> > >> >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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >-- > > Janina Sajka, Chair > Accessibility Workgroup > Free Standards Group (FSG) > >janina at freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040 > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
