[techtalk] Changing the Console Video Mode

[Robert Kiesling]

Rik Hemsley <rik at kde.org> wrote:

> I don't know about mode generators for console, but I've written
> one for X that you may find useful, if you can work out how to
> convert the values it spits out into mode definitions for fbdev (console).

If the monitor is multiscan, then it probably can display the old
monitor's video mode, but since it can flicker, it will.  Switching to
a higher resolution, and perhaps a greater color depth, will improve
the display.  It depends on what right settings for that particular
monitor are.  Multiscan monitors typically take a range of sync
frequencies.

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