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 to an unusable state.

setvideomode must be run as root.

Options

Run with or without options, setvideomode always displays the current video configuration; for example:

   Current video selection(s):
   Model: GD5480 PCI
    Vendor: Cirrus Logic, Mode: 1024x768-8-60

setvideomode also 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
-update: updates video mode to autodetect any new video adapters after an update installation of the xdrivers package
-test: displays a test pattern for the mode configured on /dev/vt01
-h: displays the usage message
-probe/-noprobe: legacy option, translates to -default
-vinfo: legacy option, translates to -update
-testallmodes: legacy option, translates to -test

References

X(X1M)

``Configuring video adapters'' in the UnixWare 7 System Handbook

Backward compatibility

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