SPARCbook Portable Workstation User Guide
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Using Displays
Configuring the Display Interface at the Command Prompt
9.
To make the change take effect, restart the Xserver. To do this,
exit and re-enter the desktop environment.
In CDE, click on the
Exit
button in the CDE Front Panel and
return to the login window.
In the OpenWindows desktop environment, press
F1-Alt-Delete
on the keyboard or choose
Exit
from the OpenWindows desktop
menu.
Configuring the Display Interface at the Command Prompt
This section describes how to set the Xserver resolution using the
opwenwin
command and the physical display resolution using the
fbconfig
command.
Setting the Xserver resolution
The Xserver resolution can be set at the Solaris command prompt using
the
openwin
command with SPARCbook specific options.
Different command syntax are required under Solaris 2.4 and 2.5, as
outlined below.
ò
Under Solaris 2.4
Using the following command syntax:
$ openwin -noport -native -width 1024 -height 768
This sets a SPARCbook operating with a 1024 x 768 display to native
mode and ignores any NCE parameters.
The following command options are valid:
-noport
The Xserver does not take parameters from NCE.
-zoomc
Center the cursor for zoom in.
-width
Specify the emulated frame buffer width in the range 640
to 1600 pixels.
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