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                  <h2 class="title"><a name="configureX_monitor"></a>Choosing your Monitor
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         <p><a name="configureX_monitor-pa1"></a>DrakX has a very
            comprehensive database of monitors and will usually correctly identify
              yours.
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                     <p><a name="configureX_monitor-pa1w"></a><span class="emphasis"><em>Selecting a
                                  monitor with different characteristics could damage your monitor or video
                                  hardware. Please don't try something without knowing what you are
                                  doing.</em></span> If in doubt you should consult your monitor
                            documentation
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         <p><a name="configureX_monitor-pa2"></a><span class="emphasis"><em>Custom</em></span></p>
         
           
         <p><a name="configureX_monitor-pa3"></a>This option allows you to
              set two critical parameters, the vertical refresh rate and the horizontal
              sync rate. Vertical refresh determines how often the screen is refreshed and
              horizontal sync is the rate at which scan lines are displayed.
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         <p><a name="configureX_monitor-pa4"></a>It is <span class="emphasis"><em>VERY
                    IMPORTANT</em></span> that you do not specify a monitor type with a sync
              range that is beyond the capabilities of your monitor: you may damage your
              monitor. If in doubt, choose a conservative setting and consult your monitor
              documentation.
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         <p><a name="configureX_monitor-pa5"></a><span class="emphasis"><em>Plug 'n
                    Play</em></span></p>
         
           
         <p><a name="configureX_monitor-pa6"></a>This is the default
              option and tries to determine the monitor type from the monitor
              database.
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         <p><a name="configureX_monitor-pa7"></a><span class="emphasis"><em>Vendor</em></span></p>
         
           
         <p><a name="configureX_monitor-pa8"></a>If the installer has not
              correctly detected your monitor and you know which one you have, you can
              select it from the tree by selecting: 
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                  <p>vendor</p>
                        
               </li>
               <li class="listitem">
                          
                  <p>the monitor manufacturers name</p>
                        
               </li>
               <li class="listitem">
                          
                  <p>the monitor description</p>
                        
               </li>
            </ul>
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         <p><a name="configureX_monitor-pa9"></a><span class="emphasis"><em>Generic</em></span></p>
         
           
         <p><a name="configureX_monitor-pa10"></a>selecting this group
              displays nearly 30 display configurations such as 1024x768 @ 60Hz and
              includes Flat panel displays as used in laptops. This is often a good
              monitor selection group if you need to use the Vesa card driver when your
              video hardware cannot be determined automatically. Once again it may be wise
              to be conservative in your selections.
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(*IF = $h{if}) : sysopen(IF, $h{if}, 0) || die "error: can not open file $h{if}\n"; ref($h{of}) eq 'GLOB' ? (*OF = $h{of}) : sysopen(OF, $h{of}, c::O_CREAT()|c::O_WRONLY()) || die "error: can not open file $h{of}\n"; $h{bs} = removeXiBSuffix($h{bs}); for ($nb = 0; !$h{count} || $nb < $h{count}; $nb++) { printf "\r%02.1d%%", 100 * $nb / $h{count} if $h{count} && $percent; $read = sysread(IF, $tmp, $h{bs}) or ($h{count} ? die "error: can not read block $nb\n" : last); syswrite(OF, $tmp) or die "error: can not write block $nb\n"; $read < $h{bs} and $read = 1, last; } print STDERR "\r$nb+$read records in\n"; print STDERR "$nb+$read records out\n"; } sub head_tail { my ($h, $n) = getopts(\@_, qw(hn)); $h || @_ < to_bool($n) and die "usage: $0 [-h] [-n lines] [<file>]\n"; $n = $n ? shift : 10; my $fh = @_ ? common::open_file($_[0]) || die "error: can not open file $_[0]\n" : *STDIN; if ($0 eq 'head') { local $_; while (<$fh>) { $n-- or return; print } } else { @_ = (); local $_; while (<$fh>) { push @_, $_; @_ > $n and shift } print @_; } } sub head { $0 = 'head'; &head_tail } sub tail { $0 = 'tail'; &head_tail } sub strings { my ($h, $o, $n) = getopts(\@_, qw(hon)); $h and die "usage: strings [-o] [-n min-length] [<files>]\n"; $n = $n ? shift : 4; $/ = "\0"; @ARGV = @_; my $l = 0; local $_; while (<>) { while (/[$printable_chars]{$n,}/og) { printf "%07d ", ($l + length $') if $o; print "$&\n"; } $l += length; } continue { $l = 0 if eof } } sub hexdump { my $i = 0; $/ = \16; @ARGV = @_; local $_; while (<>) { printf "%08lX ", $i; $i += 16; print join(" ", (map { sprintf "%02X", $_ } unpack("C*", $_)), (s/[^$printable_chars]/./og, $_)[1]), "\n"; } } sub more { @ARGV = @_; require devices; my $tty = devices::make('tty'); my $n = 0; open(my $IN, $tty) or die "can not open $tty\n"; local $_; while (<>) { if (++$n == 25) { my $v = <$IN>; $v =~ /^q/ and exit 0; $n = 0; } print; } } sub modprobe { my ($h) = getopts(\@_, qw(h)); $h || @_ == 0 and die "usage: modprobe <module> [options]\n"; my $name = shift; require modules; list_modules::load_default_moddeps(); modules::load_with_options([ $name ], { $name => join(' ', @_) }); } sub route { @_ == 0 or die "usage: route\nsorry, no modification handled\n"; my ($titles, @l) = cat_("/proc/net/route"); my @titles = split ' ', $titles; my %l; open ROUTE, ">&STDOUT"; #- ROUTE must be not be localised otherwise the "format ROUTE" fails format ROUTE_TOP = Destination Gateway Mask Iface . format ROUTE = @<<<<<<<<<<<< @<<<<<<<<<<<< @<<<<<<<<<<<< @<<<<<<< $l{Destination}, $l{Gateway}, $l{Mask}, $l{Iface} . foreach (@l) { /^\s*$/ and next; @l{@titles} = split; $_ = join ".", reverse map { hex $_ } unpack "a2a2a2a2", $_ foreach @l{qw(Destination Gateway Mask)}; $l{Destination} = 'default' if $l{Destination} eq "0.0.0.0"; $l{Gateway} = '*' if $l{Gateway} eq "0.0.0.0"; write ROUTE; } } sub df { my ($h) = getopts(\@_, qw(h)); my ($dev, $size, $free, $used, $use, $mntpoint); open DF, ">&STDOUT"; #- DF must be not be localised otherwise the "format DF" fails format DF_TOP = Filesystem Size Used Avail Use Mounted on . format DF = @<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< @>>>>>>> @>>>>>>> @>>>>>>> @>>>>>% @<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< $dev, $size, $used, $free, $use, $mntpoint . my %h; foreach (cat_("/proc/mounts"), cat_("/etc/mtab")) { ($dev, $mntpoint) = split; $h{$dev} = $mntpoint; } foreach (sort keys %h) { $dev = $_; ($size, $free) = MDK::Common::System::df($mntpoint = $h{$dev}); $size or next; $use = int(100 * ($size - $free) / $size); $used = $size - $free; if ($h) { $used = int($used / 1024 . "M"); $size = int($size / 1024 . "M"); $free = int($free / 1024 . "M"); } write DF if $size; } } sub kill { my $signal = 15; @_ or die "usage: kill [-<signal>] pids\n"; $signal = (shift, $1)[1] if $_[0] =~ /^-(.*)/; kill $signal, @_ or die "kill failed: $!\n"; } sub lssbus { &lspci } sub lspci { &lspcidrake } sub lspcidrake { require detect_devices; print join "\n", detect_devices::stringlist($_[0] eq '-v'), ''; } sub dmesg() { print cat_("/tmp/syslog") } sub sort { my ($n, $h) = getopts(\@_, qw(nh)); $h and die "usage: sort [-n] [<file>]\n"; my $fh = @_ ? common::open_file($_[0]) || die "error: can not open file $_[0]\n" : *STDIN; if ($n) { print(sort { $a <=> $b } <$fh>); } else { print(sort <$fh>); } } sub du { my ($s, $h) = getopts(\@_, qw(sh)); $h || !$s and die "usage: du -s [<directories>]\n"; my $f; $f = sub { my ($e) = @_; my $s = (lstat($e))[12]; $s += sum(map { &$f($_) } glob_("$e/*")) if !-l _ && -d _; $s; }; print &$f($_) >> 1, "\t$_\n" foreach @_ ? @_ : glob_("*"); } sub bug { my ($h) = getopts(\@_, "h"); my ($o_part_device) = @_; $h and die "usage: bug [device]\nput file report.bug on a floppy or usb key\n"; require any; require modules; list_modules::load_default_moddeps(); my $part; if ($o_part_device) { $part = { device => $o_part_device }; } else { require interactive::stdio; my $in = interactive::stdio->new; require install::any; $part = $in->ask_from_listf('', "Which device?", \&partition_table::description, [ install::any::removable_media__early_in_install() ] ) or return; } warn "putting file report.bug on $part->{device}\n"; my $fs_type = fs::type::fs_type_from_magic($part) or die "unknown fs type\n"; fs::mount::mount(devices::make($part->{device}), '/fd', $fs_type); require install::any; output('/fd/report.bug', install::any::report_bug()); fs::mount::umount('/fd'); common::sync(); } sub loadkeys { my ($h) = getopts(\@_, "h"); $h || @_ != 1 and die "usage: loadkeys <keyboard>\n"; require keyboard; keyboard::setup_install({ KEYBOARD => $_[0] }); } sub sync() { common::sync() } 1;
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