Using Displays
Configuring the Display Interface at the Command Prompt
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SPARCbook Portable Workstation User Guide
-height
Specify the emulated frame buffer height in the range 480
to 1600 pixels.
-sunfb
Predefined emulated frame buffer resolution. It provides
shorthand for
-width 1152 -height 900
.
-maxfb
Sets the emulated frame buffer width and height to
double the built-in screen.
-noescape
Disables exit on the
F1-Alt-Delete
key sequence.
-noautoswitch
Prevents automode switching such as reverting to the
built-in screen.
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Solaris 2.5
Solaris 2.5 uses the standard
Xsun(1)
binary which means that it is no
longer possible to use the Tadpole extra command options described
above. The options described for Solaris 2.4 are still available but must
be passed into the Xserver using the
TADXOPTIONS
environmental
variable.
For example, you could use the command:
% TADXOPTIONS="-maxfb" openwin
This starts the OpenWindows desktop environment with the Xserver
resolution set to 1600 x 1200 pixels.
Setting up the display interface hardware
The display interface hardware can be configured from the Solaris
command prompt with the
fbconfig
command.
The purpose of the command is to create, select, list and delete mode
settings in the system’s video parameter table which is held in the
kernel. At boot time, the kernel table is initialized with entries for the
SPARbook’s built-in display.
Mode 0 is for the built-in display only, and Mode 1 is for simultaneous
display mode. Additional entries are constructed for 16-bit and 32-bit
color operation.
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