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— An optional parameter which specifies the vendor of the video card.
• VendorName
— An optional parameter which specifies the name of the video card.
• BoardName
— An optional parameter which specifies the amount of RAM available on the video
• VideoRam
card in kilobytes. This setting is only necessary for video cards the XFree86 server cannot probe to
detect the amount of video RAM.
— An optional entry which specifies the bus location of the video card. This option is only
•
BusID
mandatory for systems with multiple cards.
— An optional entry which specifies which monitor connector or head on the video card
• Screen
the section configures. This option is only useful for video cards with multiple heads.
Device
If multiple monitors are connected to different heads on the same video card, separate
sections must exist and each of these sections must have a different
Values for the
Screen
The value for each additional head increments this value by one.
•
Option " option-name "
tion. Replace
option-name
man page.
One of the more common options is
the monitor.
7.3.1.9.
Screen
Each section binds one video card (or video card head) to one monitor by referencing the
Screen
section and the
Device
tional instances may occur for each video card and monitor combination present on the machine.
The following example illustrates a typical
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
The following entries are commonly used in the
— Specifies a unique name for this
•
Identifier
— Specifies the unique name of a
• Device
— Specifies the unique name of a
• Monitor
— Specifies the default color depth in bits. In the previous example,
• DefaultDepth
provides thousands of colors, is the default. Multiple
least one must be present.
entry must be an integer. The first head on the video card has a value of
— An optional entry which specifies extra parameters for the sec-
with a valid option listed for this section in the
"dpms"
section for each. While one
Monitor
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, which activates Service Star energy compliance for
Screen
section:
Screen
section:
Screen
section. This is a required entry.
Screen
section. This is a required entry.
Device
section. This is a required entry.
Monitor
DefaultDepth
Chapter 7. The X Window System
value.
Screen
section is the minimum, addi-
entries are permitted, but at
Device
.
0
XF86Config
, which
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