Troubleshooting video configuration

If you install your UnixWare 7 system and find that your video adapter is incorrectly configured, try the following procedures.

To run your system in a safe video mode

Use the setvideomode(X1M) utility. Enter:

/usr/bin/X11/setvideomode -stdvga

This sets IBM VGA 640x480-16 mode, which is almost always safe for any adapter.

To restore the adapter's default configuration

Enter:

/usr/bin/X11/setvideomode -default

Do this if initial auto-configuration worked well enough to get the video working, but you manually configured the adapter to a different setting and lost the use of the video adapter.

This -default option restores the settings to initial auto-configuration defaults.

To determine the video adapter in the system

Use the VideoHelp(X1M) utility. Enter:

/usr/bin/X11/VideoHelp

This command identifies video adapters that are present on your system.