Subject: Re: console & X screen?
To: None <heinz@igd.fhg.de>
From: Matthias Roessler <Matthias.Roessler@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
List: amiga
Date: 12/13/1994 14:32:25
heinz@igd.fhg.de writes:
> Matthias Roessler writes:
> ->Heiko Nardmann writes:
> [...]
> ->> Is there a way to tell X to use that dimensions the console uses?
> ->"startx -- -W 1024 -H 1024 -D 1" works for me with my A2024 
> ->
> ->Using this I often have problems with the monitor detecting the change of
> ->the resolution, so I use the iteconfig-method :-(
>                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> does this succeed all the time ? i.e. to me those problems are independant
> of the method to change the screen modes. Both iteconfig and X produce
> sometimes a black screen.
Yes. It works every time. The only malfunction could be the iteconfig-failure
because of "Out of Memory" (I've 1MB ChipMem, only). This is independent of
the "Black-Screen-Problem", isn't it?

Matthias

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