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Article #1294Re: Swapping monitors AFTER the initial ULTRIX install
From: Mike Iglesias
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1992 01:57
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1992 01:57
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In article <1992Sep2.220028.10156@cs.cornell.edu> rogerj@cs.cornell.edu (Roger Jagoda) writes: >We want to be able to have a color monitor OR monochrome OR grey-scale. >During the install process, the program asks what type of monitor >we have. If we select one, I assume the last line in our /etc/ttys >file gets changed for that frame buffer's X-server (or lack of an FB). You can save the last line from /etc/ttys for each frame buffer/monitor combination you want and put them all in the file with the ones you are not currently using commented out. You also have to watch out for differences in the kernel. You can include all the frame buffer device lines you need in your kernel config file (or copy all the lines from the GENERIC kernel config file to yours) and rebuild the kernel. Mike
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