setvideomode(X1M)

setvideomode -- set a high resolution video mode

Synopsis

/usr/bin/X11/setvideomode [option]

Description

This utility allows the user to reset video resolutions to a known state. This can be helpful after inadvertently setting the resolution in an unusable state.

setvideomode must be run as root.

Options

setvideomode supports the following command line options; they are mutually exclusive:

-default: restores the resolution to its initial state at install time
-stgvga: restores the resolution to standard VGA mode: 640x480, 16 colors

References

X(X1M)

``Configuring video adapters''

Backward compatibility

In UnixWare 7, setvideomode is intended as a troubleshooting utility only. Use the Video Configuration Manager to change video configuration parameters for graphics adapters and monitors.