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vga_getmonitortype(3)         Svgalib User Manual        vga_getmonitortype(3)

NAME
       vga_getmonitortype - returns the monitor type configured

SYNOPSIS
       #include <vga.h>

       int vga_getmonitortype(void);

DESCRIPTION
       This returns the monitor type configered in /etc/vga/libvga.config.
       This function is really obsolete, as the result is of not much use to
       the application vga_getmodeinfo(3) and vga_hasmode(3) do already check
       the monitor type and there are more flexible ways to specify it too.

       The return value is one of:

       MON640_60
              31.5 KHz (standard VGA): does 640x480 in 60Hz vsync.
       MON800_56
              35.1 KHz (old SVGA): does 800x600 in 56Hz vsync.
       MON1024_43I
              35.5 KHz (low-end SVGA, 8514): does 1024x768 in 43Hz vsync
              interlaced.
       MON800_60
              37.9 KHz (SVGA): does 800x600 in 60Hz vsync.
       MON1024_60
              48.3 KHz (SVGA non-interlaced): does 1024x768 in 60Hz vsync,
              non-interlaced.
       MON1024_70
              56.0 KHz (SVGA high frequency): does 1024x768 in 70Hz vsync.
       MON1024_72
              does 1024x768 in 72Hz vsync or even better.

SEE ALSO
       svgalib(7), vgagl(7), libvga.config(5), mousetest(6), spin(6),
       vga_init(3), vga_setmode(3), vga_hasmode(3), vga_getmodeinfo(3)

AUTHOR
       This manual page was edited by Michael Weller <eowmob@exp-math.uni-
       essen.de>. The exact source of the referenced function as well as of
       the original documentation is unknown.

       It is very likely that both are at least to some extent are due to Harm
       Hanemaayer <H.Hanemaayer@inter.nl.net>.

       Occasionally this might be wrong. I hereby asked to be excused by the
       original author and will happily accept any additions or corrections to
       this first version of the svgalib manual.

Svgalib (>= 1.2.11)              27 July 1997            vga_getmonitortype(3)