How do you tell what video card/driver is being used?

How do you set display resolution for CDE?

I've tried editing /usr/var/X11/Xserver.conf and even
/etc/dt/config/Xservers, but CDE still comes up at the login with
1280x1024, when my KVM needs 1024x768.

Thanks,

Kevin

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Hi Kevin,

> How do you tell what video card/driver is being used?

I usually look at the /var/adm/messages.
Does someone know a better method?

> How do you set display resolution for CDE?
>
> I've tried editing /usr/var/X11/Xserver.conf and even
> /etc/dt/config/Xservers, but CDE still comes up at the login with
> 1280x1024, when my KVM needs 1024x768.

Check if your card as a rotary switch. This switch is used to select the
resolution.

This is the case notably for PowerStorm 3D30 (PBXGB-AA) and PowerStorm
4D20 (PBXGB-CA). Those cards are reported as tga, looks at the
/var/adm/messages. If you see a line like

tga0:	depth xx, map size yy Mb, 1280x1024

then you have a PowerStorm card.


Regards,
Loic

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On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 22:51:57 +0200, Loic Domaigne wrote:

> Hi Kevin,
> 
>
> I usually look at the /var/adm/messages.
> Does someone know a better method?
> 
>
> Check if your card as a rotary switch. This switch is used to select the
> resolution.
>
> This is the case notably for PowerStorm 3D30 (PBXGB-AA) and PowerStorm
> 4D20 (PBXGB-CA). Those cards are reported as tga, looks at the
> /var/adm/messages. If you see a line like
>
> tga0:	depth xx, map size yy Mb, 1280x1024
>
> then you have a PowerStorm card.
>
>
> Regards,
> Loic

Thanks Loic,

I did finally find that switch today after searching DEC/COMPAQ/HP's
website on the model number. ;)  The card was a 3D30, so I switched to
number 8 and it came up fine.

Thanks for the info,

Kevin

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